Review of the Nerf N-Strike Longstrike CS-6
We decided to test Alex’s N-Strike Longstrike CS-6 against an N-Strike Raider Rapid Fire CS-35 and an N-Strike Nite Finder EX-3. Nerf claims that the Longstrike has the longest range of any of their guns at 35 feet. Can it shoot a dart 35 feet? Check the video to find out.
To summarize, the Longstrike can shoot over 60 feet, depending on the dart used.
The Raider did pretty good, with some of the darts going past 50 feet and one making it 60.
However, the clear winner at distance was the Nite Finder EX-3. It shot a dart a whopping 85 feet! Unfortunately, the Nite Finder is single shot gun that isn’t much use in a battle situation.
We also did some experimenting with some of the darts. The darts that went very far consistently went very far. While the darts that did poorly consistently did poorly. There must be latent defects in some of the darts which keep them from going the full distance.
Update – April 3, 2010:
We got an unmodified LongStrike to shoot an incredible 85 feet today!
