Squad HeroRechargeable 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.

Fun for kids:I bought this for my son’s 12th birthday in hopes to give him something other than video games or more screen time, and it was a hit. All his friends were super excited and couldn’t wait to set up the game. They played several hours during daylight and then played a while longer in the dark. Everyone loved it and it was super easy to set up. Battery life:So far it lasted several hours without dying we charged them once the kids were done so they would be ready for the next time so we never ran them completely dead. Why did you pick this product vs others?:I went with this set due to it being rechargeable. Most other options had many reviews about using up tons of batteries so this seemed worth the try and so far we are super happy with it. I will say the charging wires for the chest plates are small and seem like if not carefully removed each time they could break easily, but we have told the kids to leave them on the charger until we get them so hopefully they will last longer. Over all very happy with the product

We bought 2 sets of this for my son and his friends. Thinking it might not survive the aggressive play. The Hero Squad 2.0 has surpassed what I thought about home laser tag equipment and to be honest by the end of the month, I believe I will purchase more sets of this because now all the kids want to come over and play.The guns are easy to pair with the vest. The guns have color on them but that does not necessarily mean that they are on that color team. The real team color will actually light up throughout the gun and vest. We did have a minor charging issue where it acted as if it wouldn't charge while on the dock. We disconnected it all even from the wall, played with the unit and when we put it back on the charger it connected without issue.One feature I enjoyed is that there are 4 different kinds of firing mode each with different strength levels. For instance, if you use pistol mode, its accurate within 30-40 feet, and it only takes one life away and you can fire quickly. But in AR mode the rounds are further apart, its more accurate at longer distances and it takes two lives away. Then my favorite is what I call "sniper mode" where you can shoot up to 100-130 feet accurately, it takes 3 lives away at contact, but there is a longer reload time.Hero Squad 2.0 has been fun for all ages. My goal is to add to the two sets we have, and play capture the flag with two teams of 8. The parents occasionally will join the "fight" in disbelief of how good the connectivity is. And they are usuall impressed. My little kids (ages 3-6) will run throughout the house playing and by the end of the day they have tired themselves out.One thing I wish this offered is an app to see who's in and who is out of the round. But no company offers that at this point. In silent mode a team can lose all their lives, turn the system off and restart it and no one would know that they were "out."