Good video comparing these 3 (apart from the high speed "tacticool" relaods which I personally hate seeing 😁). The only trouble with the two non-Nerf blasters is availability outside of the USA. For most people, you can't get them unless you are prepared to import them, which is expensive. Dartzone have a small number of independent retailers listed on their website, dotted aroundcthe globe, but not many. None of them are big retail chains, and DZ are rarely listed on local Amazon or Ebay sites.
@@another3997 A totally good point! I’m based in North America so I haven’t really had much experience with anything outside of Turkey. (Just the note on the reloads, I reused firing footage from my reviews which are just how I do reloads for those videos)
Even in Canada, the availability is sketchy. Right now Spectrum is the only one really available in my area. You can order from the States but the shipping pretty much doubles the cost. We do not get anything that is Target exclusive because Target closed down in Canada.
i saw those 3 on Kids station and Toys Kingdom at Bali... funny thing there is a Blaze storm Hailfire thing too (bought the Thunderbolt, Stormcharge and the weird Hailfire tho)
The Thunderbolt does have higher grade wiring resulting in about a 10 to 15 increase in FPS over the spectrum. Running brand new duracell optimum batteries i usually hit in the 110's with my T-bolt and around 90 to 100 with my spectrum...and then there is Nerf 65 to 70 lol😅
@@allencarey7336 Dart Zone does advertise the thunderbolt on their website as having slightly higher FPS. I actually found it hard to notice the difference so thanks for the numbers 😀
Good video comparison of these 3. I plan to pick all of them up. We should expect at this point for DZ/AF blasters that are running 6 AA batteries to over any Hasbro blaster only rock'n 4 AA's. My primary concerns for the 3 are individual build quality.? DZ/AF has recently gotten better than they used to be on some blasters. However, others remain on the flimsy side. I'm not overly fond of body-flex. Maybe I'm spoiled by blasters of days gone by; N-Strike, Elite, even Elite2.0. My priorities are different. I couldn't begin to tell you how blasters I've taken outta the box, throwing the full mags in a bag for gifts or LARP, and modded the blaster to use 1/2darts, full-auto, and what-not. It doesn't matter to me as much if the starting point is a baby step up on the ladder, if it ain't quite capture the flag level. I never checked the the 20 Stryfes I modded to see if they were functioning before being modded. It wasn't necessary. I'd would find any build quality issues in the build.
@@ScottBionicBlasters I’m happy to report that the Thunderbolt’s build quality is the best out of the three! I haven’t had any flex issues like I did with the spectrum.
Good video comparing these 3 (apart from the high speed "tacticool" relaods which I personally hate seeing 😁). The only trouble with the two non-Nerf blasters is availability outside of the USA. For most people, you can't get them unless you are prepared to import them, which is expensive. Dartzone have a small number of independent retailers listed on their website, dotted aroundcthe globe, but not many. None of them are big retail chains, and DZ are rarely listed on local Amazon or Ebay sites.
@@another3997 A totally good point! I’m based in North America so I haven’t really had much experience with anything outside of Turkey. (Just the note on the reloads, I reused firing footage from my reviews which are just how I do reloads for those videos)
Even in Canada, the availability is sketchy. Right now Spectrum is the only one really available in my area. You can order from the States but the shipping pretty much doubles the cost. We do not get anything that is Target exclusive because Target closed down in Canada.
i saw those 3 on Kids station and Toys Kingdom at Bali... funny thing there is a Blaze storm Hailfire thing too (bought the Thunderbolt, Stormcharge and the weird Hailfire tho)
Too little dircet comparevideo's these days on youtube, so good job!
The Thunderbolt does have higher grade wiring resulting in about a 10 to 15 increase in FPS over the spectrum. Running brand new duracell optimum batteries i usually hit in the 110's with my T-bolt and around 90 to 100 with my spectrum...and then there is Nerf 65 to 70 lol😅
@@allencarey7336 Dart Zone does advertise the thunderbolt on their website as having slightly higher FPS. I actually found it hard to notice the difference so thanks for the numbers 😀
Good video comparison of these 3. I plan to pick all of them up.
We should expect at this point for DZ/AF blasters that are running 6 AA batteries to over any Hasbro blaster only rock'n 4 AA's.
My primary concerns for the 3 are individual build quality.?
DZ/AF has recently gotten better than they used to be on some blasters. However, others remain on the flimsy side. I'm not overly fond of body-flex. Maybe I'm spoiled by blasters of days gone by; N-Strike, Elite, even Elite2.0.
My priorities are different. I couldn't begin to tell you how blasters I've taken outta the box, throwing the full mags in a bag for gifts or LARP, and modded the blaster to use 1/2darts, full-auto, and what-not. It doesn't matter to me as much if the starting point is a baby step up on the ladder, if it ain't quite capture the flag level. I never checked the the 20 Stryfes I modded to see if they were functioning before being modded. It wasn't necessary. I'd would find any build quality issues in the build.
@@ScottBionicBlasters I’m happy to report that the Thunderbolt’s build quality is the best out of the three! I haven’t had any flex issues like I did with the spectrum.
Spectrum with a Villinator stock!!
The Thunderbolt is better in every way than the Spectrum.
I got 2 Tbolts the other day at Target for $12.80 on clearance
@@allencarey7336 I kept seeing them at target for $12.49! It’s really an incredible blaster so I’m super happy it’s really accessible for everyone.
Was just gonna post the same comment. I grabbed 4 of em. Great for balancing out play with kids.
this is a nerf stryfe holocaust