XP270 Submitted Reviews

:: iSoaker.com Review

Review By Luke C (Posted on 2001/05/24 | Edited by iSoaker.com)
This was my first ever Super Soaker and I bought my first one in the early months of the year 2001. Of course, I had always wanted a water blaster. But I never seemed to get round to getting one, so in the end, my mom took me into a store and agreed to buy something for me & my little brother, no more than £10 (around $13.5). So I choose any-old water blaster: the XP270. I tested it out, "Way cool!" I said as I pulled the trigger back for the very first time (remember I didn't know anything about water wars then). I wanted to have a water fight so I got most of my friends into water wars which then made my water team, Team Aqua.

Then I wanted to find tips & tactics and also detailed reviews on soakers. I found www.supersoaker.com - the official site first, but it didn't really say much about the water weapons, so I searched for others. After going through some, I was about to give up searching, but then I saw the iSoaker site on the search engine. Clicked on it, and, hey, my whole idea of water wars had changed.

Unfortunately, my XP270 broke as my little brother was showing off with it. I tried fixing it, but it was no good. I bought a few more water blasters after that.
Then, about a year later (yesterday, 5/16/02, 5th may 2002) I bought another XP270 and I nearly forgot how cool it was!
Of course, it's a bit to small for a main weapon, but I thought it would be a great back-up weapon.
Yesterday, I tested it out with my brother who is also going to get the same one for a main one (he's only 7).

This blaster is so cool. It's light as anything, holds a reasonable amount of water, and has a nozzle of just the right size! It uses water just as rapidly as the CPS1000; that's the only downfall and it's such a nice size. Range is decent, but I don't think range is important for water blasters, only if you are a sniper.
I recommended it to my scout, (I'm the leader of Team Aqua, my name is 'teamaqua1' on Aquatica) but no, he wants to stick with his Storm 600. That thing is really tiny!

Pros - Lovely soaker, looks so cool, good range for it's size, light even when completely filled.
Cons - Low water supply, even with 25 percent more water than the XP70! To small for medium - large assaults, will be out-gunned easily.
Power - 4.5
Weight - 3
Capacity - 3
Overall - 4

Review By Peter K (Posted on 2001/05/24 | Edited by iSoaker.com)

This is one of my favorite line of blasters. I loved the XPs as I was growing up (ever since...umm...I was 7 years old) and this is just better than my other XPs. The XP270 is an awesome assault blaster which can be used in just about any scrimage...but watch out for CPSs with 10x nozzles... It has an ok nozzle. I noticed that the nozzle is a big larger than the XP240's.
The pump handle is comfortable, but it could break (COULD). The XP270 only needs bout 6-8 pumps to be fully loaded, then it looks like you could just about break the handle trying to pump some more (a pressure gauge would've been welcome). I customized mine by using a Sharpie permanent marker fine point marks on the spots that look like they need color.
The XP270 has really good range for an assault rifle: about 8 meters at 45 degrees. I recommend that smaller kids (like me) who don't want a heavy water blaster, should buy this decent, light-weight, water blaster.

Review By ShadowstrikePrime (Posted on 2001/03/14 | Edited by iSoaker.com)

The XP-270 is an excellent weapon. It is useful as a sidearm in large battles and great as a main weapon in smaller ones. If you're fighting a high-end CPS-class or a (Primus, forbid) Monster with this blaster, to put it simply, you're in deep trouble. This weapon holds 25% more water than its predacessor, the XP 70. This blaster is versatile and it's gotten me out of more than a few tight situations. Its range is decent for its size. Against low- end CPS weapons (ie: CPS1000 or CPS1500), it can hold it's own for a very short time if you can manuver quickly enough. I highly recommend this weapon as a heavy Side-arm.

War Journal | Blaster Reviews | Repair Tips | Tips and Tactics | Humour Section | Image Gallery | Links