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100 iSoaker Warriors and counting

iSoaker Warriors (Facebook) now has 100 members. Founded on March 12, 2014, growth has been steady, but increasing more recently. The recent focus on content creation, not just content reshuffling, is something we hope others are finding interesting and informative. Of course, I hope more eventually also enjoy reading our updates and visiting iSoaker.com and iSoaker.net. From the beginning, my goal remains the same: to share my love of water blasters and water warfare with the world and have others enjoy the fun of drenching each other as well.

Soak on! Leave NO one dry!

On Statistics, Accuracy, and Reviews on iSoaker.com

armoury_aquatechnologyI began reviewing water blasters, primarily Super Soakers, back in 1998 (over 17 years ago) to go with the launching of Aquatechnology. Of course, I never would have guessed then that I’d still be doing reviews 17 years on (but that’s another story). As Aquatechnology grew and I amassed more and more water guns to test, more people started visiting my site. As Aquatechnology evolved into iSoaker.com in 2000, the ways I measured and reported on how particular water blaster models behaved also changed. To think that there are now over 300 reviews on iSoaker.com Continue reading On Statistics, Accuracy, and Reviews on iSoaker.com

Water Warriors Waterlord – A Closer Look

water_warriors_waterlord_gridThe Water Warriors Waterlord is the first new elastic-pressure-chamber-based water blaster by Buzz Bee Toys in a little over 4 years (See: Water Warriors Evolution Tree – Elastic -Based) and just shy of five (5) years since Buzz Bee Toys Inc. was sued by Hasbro Inc. for infringing on the “CPS Patent” and being served an injunction, though no monetary penalty (See: History of the Water Warriors brand). Continue reading Water Warriors Waterlord – A Closer Look

Defining a Purpose for iSoaker.net

With the launch of the WordPress-driven part of iSoaker.net, I’ve been torn over exactly what I wanted to do with it. While providing a cleaner landing page and offering easy online content creation tools, the question is what content should appear on iSoaker.net that shouldn’t go to iSoaker.com? The brief moment I ran a WordPress-driven forum indicated that there is no current need to an additional forum on water warfare and that WaterWar.net is doing a good job covering that space. The forums were subsequently shuttered since I really don’t like having that sort of space left stagnant.

As for iSoaker.net, being more interactive in nature, my current idea on content creation is to develop articles on various stock water guns and water blasters that discuss these items in a different way than how things are described in iSoaker.com Reviews. I’m currently working on an article of the Water Warriors Waterlord. I hope to have it done in a few more days and hopefully it will prove to be an interesting read and perhaps starting point for additional discussion here.

Soak on!

R.I.P. Buzz Bee Toys Inc. – Long Live Buzz Bee Toys

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Note: While I try to be as factual as possible, much of this post is based on presumptions and some speculation. I was and am not privy to the exact details behind the acquisition of Buzz Bee Toys by Alex Brands nor am I presently aware of how they plan to work together in the short and longer terms. Granted, considering the deal is barely a month old, chances are they are also figuring things out as well. Continue reading R.I.P. Buzz Bee Toys Inc. – Long Live Buzz Bee Toys

Happy 15th Birthday, iSoaker.com!

iSoaker.com turns 15 years old!

Looking back, it is still hard for me to believe 15 years have passed since I decided to buy the iSoaker.com domain name and set up camp at this URL. So much has happened since Aquatechnology was rebranded under the iSoaker.com name, but my love for water blasters remains as strong as ever! Here’s to 15 great years of enjoying water weaponry, sharing this passion with other like-minded individuals online, and looking forward to what the future will bring.

Soak on! Leave NO one dry!

iSoaker.com Updated

Working towards simplifying and returning to the roots upon which iSoaker.com was originally built for, primarily for the analysis of stock water guns/water blasters. The Gallery subsection was removed, but its contents were redistributed amongst the other sub-sections of iSoaker.com. Icons have also been further simplified, now using a simpler colour palette of greys and blues. While additional tweaks may still be done, I plan to begin developing new content for the remainder of the year.

 

Hopefully, these changes make it easier for visitors to find the information they seek on iSoaker.com. Soak on!