It’s that time of year when it’s getting dark and cold too early in the day, and teenagers are more and more tempted to stay inside and scroll through social media for hours. 

Do you ever just want to hear them laughing at something other than a little screen? To see them run around and get the blood flowing? 

ZURU’s X-Shot Hyper Gel Trace Fire blaster may be just the thing to get moody siblings ages 14 and up to come together, even if it’s still in a bit of a competitive environment. 

The product comes with plenty of hyper gel pellets — 10,000 to be exact. The one thing to note is that the pellets take about 4-6 hours to soak in water before use, but it will just ramp up the anticipation and make the gel battle that much more exciting. After the pellets soak and all ready to go, the blaster is extremely easy to put together. It includes directions that only need a quick read over, so nothing too frustrating to put a damper on the fun. 

With a quick rechargeable battery, the Trace Fire blaster also switches between manual and automatic modes, which will keep kids entertained for hours whether they want to play by themselves or with others. 

While the beads are soft, it does shoot hard, but does come with safety goggles so nobody will get hurt. 

At only $39.99, this blaster looks and performs more expensive than it is, and the cost of hearing your kids giggle like they did when they were little again is priceless. It’s definitely worth a trip to Walmart or Target, or maybe a quick web surf session to Amazon for this holiday season. 

And when you do, maybe dig out your own safety goggles from the depths of your garage, because kids won’t want to put these down around your home.


X-SHOT HYPER GEL TRACE FIRE BLASTER

Teens can blast the Hyper Gel pellets up to 170 feet per second with two different modes. The blaster has a 600 pellet capacity hopper, plus a mag that stores an additional 850 pellets. Features a rechargable battery and includes 10,000 pellets and protective eyewear.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

About the author

Kit Schroder

Kit Schroder

Kit Schroder is an editorial assistant at The Pop Insider, The Toy Insider, and The Toy Book. In her free time she loves to run, bake for her (very lucky) friends, do the Wordle and the Mini Crossword, and seek out the best deals at New York City restaurants.

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