Faction Havoc Gel Bead Blaster

just got it week ago, tried it out today... this thing is FUN! built sturdy, huge ammo capacity, easy to use. instructions not 100% so heres how, took a few hours to fully charge the gun so i soaked the gel beads during charging time.. although i soaked them a little longer (they say 4 to 6 hours).. i did 5 hours they were perfectly fine. once the gun is charged you need to download the app, turn the gun on and connect to "unlock" the gun.. only takes a cpl minutes and super easy. once unlocked, youre ready to go..does have a cheap picatinney style rail on top and bottom... not sure exactly what will work but i can still try. a word on firepower.. has saftey, semi, 3 shot burts and full auto.. (selector not exactly lined up but easy to figure out), as said before, huge ammo capacity, not excarly sure how fast but pretty fast rate of fire, when 1st starting, you will have to fire the gun a few times for beads to feed up into the gun. had no jams, tried in my basement and was fairly accurate and were hitting hard... so use eye protection. when empty, you will need to turn the gun upside down to get any remaining beads to feed. dont leave beads in mag when not using and dbl check to make sure mag and gun are clear as the beads can dry up and cause jamming. sights are... eh... ok, they do the job. came with a reactive target but i didnt try it yet and there are a few things on the app as well. gun fired flawlessly through all 3 firing modes on a full mag. i read some say it jams and breaks beads, my guess is they werent soaked long enough or too long, just follow the directions, give them 4 to 5 hours and they will be fine. all in all, is worth every penny... may even buy a second one!

I had purchased this for my son as a Christmas present and when I found out about the issue it was past the point of returning.From my son: The rifle seemingly worked well for 3 months until the battery stopped holding a charge. It was then that I realized that the gun never actually indicated when it was fully charged in the first place. The box said that it could get off 9000 shots per charge but I never once got close to 3000.I really wanted to like the gun but once my friend told me that his cousin’s gun stopped working early on as well, I figured it was only a matter of time.

Lets start out with the good:- great build quality, made out of solid durable plastic- everything works reliably, I have put around 50000 rounds through it and so far its still going strong.- m1750 rounds magazine capacity is great- fire rate and FPS claims are accurate, with the FPS going above the 250 FPS average claimed on the box.Now onto the bad:- mediocre accuracy, the groupings on this blaster are not the greatest though the higher FPS makes up for this. You should be able to hit a human sized target from around 85 feet away accurately with around 1.5 - 2 feet of bullet drop. Anything past that would require you to lead your shots significantly.- The lights. there is an app which allows you to turn off the UAV light located around the magazine intake. That being said all other lights around the barrel and the power button cannot be turned off. This means that if you want to play with this thing at night or in low light conditions you would need to block out the light physically or else your position would get exposed. I did this by covering the lights around the barrel and the power button with several layers of duct tape, there is definitely a more elegant way of doing this probably involving multiple coats of paint being painted over the lights but I was too impatient to go through that process so duct tape did a great job.- There is a picatinny-ish rail at the top of the blaster but it doesn't even work for all picatinny attachments. Some of the picatinny attachments work while some of them required me to drill holes on the top rail to attach some attachments. Overall this isn't really a huge issue for most, but for those wanting to add on attachments such as flashlights, lasers, or sights, then you might encounter issues with mounting. These issues could easily be solved by some simple modifications. But i am just wondering why not include actual picatinny rails with the correct geometry instead of a fake one, it just doesnt make sense.