Remember Super Soakers? Yes, they are still out in toy stores. But have you ever seen the inventor of it? Ronnie Johnson, a very humble NASA scientist stumbled upon his invention in his bathroom. His invention changed the water pistol toy genre forever. I remember buying one of these when I was a kid, but always wanted the biggest and baddest one. When I did get it, It had 3 tanks of water, for barrels for 2 streams of water and a backpack. Being a little 4 foot 10 guy at that time, I quickly realized that bigger wasn’t always better. It took so long to pump to get enough pressure for both barrels and the backpack was heavy due to the water weight. ugh.
To learn more about the scientist who invented the greatest water gun, go past the break.
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Yeah these things were awesome, I had one, put to much pressure in it though, ended up with torn valve seals and that was the end of it. In the age of computer game couch potatoes and kids not leaving the house, we need more things like this that get kids out in the fresh air running around and doing some honest-to-goodness exercise.
I do recall having one or two of these … fun, until that one neighborhood brat decided to use medical iodine in one -_- … jackass.
Ahhh…Super Soakers. I remember my brother and I had 2 CPS 1000s. Every member of our neighborhood crew had one and we would declare war on other groups on a regular basis. Good times.