Customer Reviews

Hasbro Nerf N-Strike Disk Shot

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Saw this on the way home from vacation and couldn't resist picking it up. It works surprisingly well (just be careful to insert the disks completely and evenly), and the disks do reach the stated ~7 or ~9 feet of height, which is a bit of a problem, since it's even more challenging to hit the disks when they bounce off the ceiling since they're already fast and hard to hit to begin with. It would be much better if there were 3 settings, say 3, 6 and 9 feet, where the 3 feet setting launched the disks markedly more slowly so that they were easier to hit.

The motor is quite loud, and it and the beeping precludes use by adults who would like to practice while the kids are in bed, or by the kids at other times when significant noise is inappropriate which is unfortunate.

There is nothing more fun than blasting foam disks out of the air with a powerful and accurate Nerf shooter! Launch the disks in different directions by pressing a remote button on the shooter. Just like real skeet/trap shooting but much more fun and safe! This is truly a great toy that will give any kid or adult hours (years) of fun!

I purchased this Nerf game for my 12 year old son. It is really pretty cool and he and I have spent about 15 minutes on several occasions playing with it.
The first issue that we had was our 8 foot tall ceilings are not high enough for the product. Perhaps 10 or 12 feet are needed. We solved this by placing the product down in a stairwell with lots of clearance. We stood at the top of the stairwell and fired from there. In this arrangement, the disks were often at eye level or slightly below when we were firing. Also, we had to learn to track the path of the disk with the gun and fire near the top of the height of the disk.
The disk launcher can fire straight up or at a variable angle. Straight up worked fine for us. The variable angle would tend to hit the wall. One cool thing is that the height of the disk is intentionally varied to make this more challenging.
To start the disk, there is an IR (infrared) remote control mounted on the top of the gun. Press this button and the disk launcher starts a countdown process with a progression of beeps. When the disk is launched, try to follow its path from the launcher using the gun and then fire at the top of the arc. If I am careful, I can hit the disks about half the time. The darts are designed to stick to the disks, but that does not happen very often. This is not really a problem, but it would be cool if they stuck to the disks.
This product is very safe, however, you want to make sure that your child knows not to shoot someone in the face. You could do some eye damage at close range. Otherwise, you can safely take a hit a point blank range as my son and I often do.
This is a challenging and fun game and I highly recommend it.
Thanks
John C. Briggs

As a grandmother I am out of touch with what my 10y and 9y old grandsons would like for Christmas. Because this toy was mentioned in Consumer Reports as a very good choice for grannies to buy I took a chance. Both boys called and said they loved them. Since both boys have little sisters I was worried who the targets would be but so far so good.

This is an excellent toy that has lots of parts that boys will enjoy. If you're afraid to get your son a real target shooter, this fits the bill nicely. DON'T pay Amazon or anyone else $80 for this game though, when I got the same thing at Walmart on clearance for $25.

I saw good reviews for this product and some people did mention the noise, but still rated the product favorably. I expected maybe it would sound like a loud fan on high speed, but never expected anything as loud as this. It sounds like an air raid siren and can be heard outdoors while using it inside the house. It's definitely fun to shoot at the skeets, but the noise is hard to tolerate and this thing gets jammed pretty regularly. Four stars for fun, two stars for reliability, and three stars overall for the unbearably loud noise.

This is a fun toy. My son does not play with it much though. The noise does make us ask him to use it in another room from where we might be working on something - but then again, we have to ask him to do that with a lot of the things he does! I, the mom, actually enjoy playing with it (especially when my son retrieves the disks) and my son enjoys "teaching" me how to shoot.

I bought this for my nephew's 11th birthday. I don't see my brother's kids often, so I had no idea whether this would be something an outdoors-loving, sports-playing young electronics addict would enjoy. Two days after it arrived my brother called to tell me that it works perfectly, the discs fly pretty far (for indoors) and that the whole family was having a blast with it.

My son has played with this toy for several years and still gets it out on occasion when his middle school friends come over. It's great to play on rainy days and adds some activity to days where you are stuck indoors.

My son is a huge fan of Nerf products and this one is no exception. Be warned, the unit that shoots the disks is a little bit loud, but its really simple to use and my son has had tons of fun playing with it. My 55 year old father even has fun with it!!! LOL