Squad Hero Rechargeable Laser Tag 360° Sensors + LCDs - Set of 4 - Easter Gift Ideas for Kids Teens and Adults Boys & Girls Family Fun - Cool Teenage Lazer Group Activity, Teen Gifts Ages 8+ Year Old

The fact that these 4 guns come with their own charging station is a win right there. No using up all your $$$ for batteries for these suckers. The guns have 4 different gun options, each one taking more lives than the one before. I appreciate that each one has a different sound affect too, because then it's easier to tell which one your opponents are using. The only drawback with having guns that take more lives, is that you can't use them as many times before having to reload, but reloading only takes a second. Which means of course that you can just spam the best weapon (Which takes four lives) and knock down someone's health a lot faster, because you're taking that many more lives in almost the same amount of time. You can bounce lasers off walls, screens, cars, etc., and there is even a stealth mode where all your lights and sounds turn off for a limited time. You can adjust each person's number of lives separately, anywhere from 1-99. We've played with them inside and out, and found them to work fine with both. I will say that playing in broad daylight doesn't work as well because the lasers are affected by the sun and so sometimes even if you're hitting your opponent right in the chest it doesn't register. There are three sensors that you can be hit from, your chest, back, and gun, though the back senor we've found to be more sensitive than the chest. Once when we were playing outside a few of the guns would randomly turn off, but we think that might have something to do with us using walkie-talkies at that time, since the guns had never done that before.Overall, the weight of the gun is nice, setup is easy, and it's a lot of fun. I will say (as many other reviews said) that it would be nice if there were an easier way to restart a game, instead of having to power-off and set it all up again. I understand though that if it were easier to start again, it would be more tempting for players to quickly and quietly rejoin a game after they died without anyone being the wiser. The only thing we've thought up that would make these better was if they made grenades that you could pair with your guns and throw at others. It would be pretty cool, but I also suppose they wouldn't be easy to make. As I said, we're pretty happy with the way they are anyway.

What a fun game!We bought two sets for our son and our family/friends who come to visit for an outdoor, at home experience. They came pre-charged and have a 30 min play time. We absolutely love that the laser gun and target are all recharged thru a plug in, designated charging depot. Easy plug in and walk away to re-charge.At first, 30 mins didn’t seem like enough play time, but we were mistaken! If you are actively running, you’re exhausted by the time your laser life runs out. You can go from 15 hearts (lives) to 100, to extend the game. The four laser gun options are so much fun, my favorite is the space laser that has the sound to match. We love the infrared laser scope light and the option to turn off or mute the lights for 30 seconds to hide from the teenagers for a sneak attack. It does shoot and hit the target at a very far range! We were pleasantly surprised at its accuracy.Our family did not tire from playing this, we played twice a day! It’s so much better at night and the best thing is it’s soooo much less expensive, than going to a laser tag place (once you pay the initial cost of the set). You can add more laser sets to these sets for a bigger team and the skies the limit with outdoor natural obstacles to make your experience even better and cost effective. No need to have blow up obstacles when you have trees for cover. You can even hang an unused target on a tree or whatever, if you have limited people playing to make it a contest between teams and add to the fun.The only thing I wish was different would be a back target and multiple clip on targets to the apparatus. You can only hit the target from the front, so you can literally walk backwards so your foe doesn’t hit the target, which is kinda cheating. So don’t be a cheat and walk backwards or cover your chest. We did strap on our extra set to our back when it was only four of us, which totally upped the level of difficulty, however when we have a larger group we don’t have enough sets to do that. If the company created smaller, puck like clip on targets that we could add on our sides and backs, it would add to the fun and would be more cost effective, vs buying more sets.Overall it’s a 5 star at home game.