Young Motto CX Blaster Water Balloon Launcher - 200 Yard

After about 100 launches the threads on the pouch started unraveling. The pouch is made out of denim not nylon fabric with only a single line of stitching, not folded over or anything. So it it very poorly made. I have another launcher made by another company that has a nylon pouch that is much better contracted and has lasted for years and 1000's of ballon launches. There is no tag on that unit so I don' know who made it. But this CX unit is poorly made.

We bought two launchers for our youth group for use in various games. We've used it on two separate occasions so far, for a real life version of Angry Birds, and a game we played just this last week called Baby Baseball, which involved launching a baby doll instead of pitching and batting. The kids love it! We are very careful about who launches, and where we launch due to the warning of "Facial Fractures". A suggestion we'd make to anyone who purchases a launcher, is to make sure to reconnect the tubing on the handles whenever it starts getting loose, or it's a pain to try to get it back on when it has fallen completely off. Great product so far! We plan to use them a lot this summer!

I bought two of these for a youth church retreat and they were great. We were launching water balloons at each other in a "Battleship" fashion. The launchers did not have any issues whatsoever. They did not break and they did exactly what they were suppose to do. The denim was sort of an odd choice of material for the pouch, as it would get soaked and bunch up. You can continuously "unbunch" it and it resolves the problem. You have to be careful with this product with children, as it can launch the balloons at extremely high and fast speeds. The balloons can hurt if you're not careful. It's fantastic that the product has that capability, you just have to be mindful.At the end of the game, everyone wanted to know where I bought this. They loved it!

I didn't really believe that this thing could launch a water balloon 200 yards, but I stand corrected.Ok, so three kids probably couldn't launch it 200 yards. Me and two of my relatively strong buddies launched them just about 200 yards if not more. Granted, the two people holding were bracing themselves and the "launcher" cocked back the sling to the ground from his knees. But yes, they flew far.If I had to critique it, the one thing that could use improvement is the water balloon holder itself. If the people holding the sling are too far apart or holding them very tight (as they should if they want maximum distance) the pouch will pinch the balloon inside and may not let go of the balloon or release it effectively. That's not really going to affect it that much, but if you want the perfect launcher this issue should be addressed.This is a fun toy for kids but even better for adults. Responsible adults at least, haha.

I love this thing. I got it for less than $15 and it's well worth it. (Doesn't come with balloons.) I haven't been able to hit 200 yards yet, but have easily gotten 100 yards. I plan on getting some stronger friends, than my GF, to help me try and pick off cars are the mall and car lot near my house. Muah ha ha ha ;)lol. I can easily shoot this over my house. Looking forward to getting some stronger friends to shoot it way far.WELL WORTH THE PRICE!!!PURCHASE AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!Make sure you have some, at least 2, youthful or strong guys to hold the ends.

Warning - balloons lunched from this thing will hurt kids at 150 feet when they hit.Not sure what you have to do to get 200 yards, but three pretty big guys were getting balloons dropping at 100 yards with pretty good consistency. Yes we measured it out with a 200 yard tape.Little bit of a work out pulling the bands back. The smaller kids needed an adult to pull back far enough for a good launch. The kids were being pulled by the band and there shoes just did not have enough friction to let pull back far enough.

This catapult launched me into some of the funnest shenanigans ever got involved with. This thing can launch things ridiculously far. It takes some experience and practice, but once you and your crew of launchers get it down, you can snipe your target at quite a distance.

With two adults it was awesome and I'm guessing they launched well over 100 yards. This was purchased for a 10yr old though. It will be perfect for him and his friends. This is too much for a 5yr old. He couldn't even hold it back. We almost launched him...lol.