hello everyone my name is brett and sometimes i wear a beret and this is the busby thundershot
man this blaster went through a lot when it was released in 2021 i would know i was there i had
made a few videos about this blaster you can check them out if you want to i won't go into all the
details but the long story short is that there was a defective version of this blaster that was
released to most store shelves and online we made some noise about it buzzby and adventure force did
eventually take those models off the shelves i think or at least they're working on it if you
bought an effective unit you were able to get a refund i think they did an okay job with that
but as people made noise about this relatively inexpensive 10 blaster many people brought up an
old blaster of the past recent past that had a similar debacle that seemingly didn't have
a same conclusion the nerf elite 2.0 warden but elite 2.0 has now been out for over a year
the warden was the most notorious because it broke a lot of them broke cue the montage broken broken
do not buy poor quality not working do not buy broken slam fire literally doesn't work too broke
too broke no avoid for now avoid at all cost avoid this blaster it is terrible cheaply made cannot
repair repair guide because it broke absolutely awful 15 minute speed run not good do not buy
ebad now i'm not here to cast doubt on those reviews i genuinely believe that people received
faulty products and then they made negative reviews expressing their frustrations i would
do it too and i did a faulty product is a faulty product and i will make noise the warden comes in
at 20 united states dollars so slightly more expensive but also still not super expensive
the point remains oh and also one other small difference you can open this blaster pretty easily
diagnose the problem elite 2.0 is pretty well and tight solvent shut so that kind of sucks
as you can probably tell i went out and bought one though i should say i didn't
go out to my local walmart because none of my local walmarts are well stocked so i did order
one from online it was discounted from 20 to 15 united states dollars and if you've got a keen eye
you may have noticed i bought two and for a fun piece of trivia these two blasters both of these
two wardens are my first elite 2.0 blasters that i've ever owned and purchased with my own money
that's kind of weird i never bought anything from elite 2.0 i guess i stood my ground and said
no i ain't doing that yet i've bought almost every ultra blaster that came out out of curiosity now
this one's still in package but the other one i have already played with i was taking it out of
the package because i wanted to see could i do it could i break the blaster on camera the first few
shots that's what i thought was going to happen the blaster's so bad i've got to be able to do
it folks i'm a little disappointed to say i was unable to break the warden in my initial testing
and i've fired it well over 200 times now i know it's a bit cynical i wanted this thing to break
because it would have made a better video i guess but no it actually functioned i tested it a few
different ways trying to single fire it shoot two at a time slam fire and then i tried it with darts
without darts and yeah it held up now i will talk more about how the experience was but the
blaster in its current state is not broken sorry you probably want to see me prove it come here
come here get over here look it's the warden one of the best blasters nerf has ever made
huzzah in case i've never explicitly called out the naming convention here elite 2.0 is the newest
version of elite blasters so all the blasters in the elite 2.0 line or at least the first wave of
elite 2.0 blasters are based on a pre-existing nerf elite model so the warden is based off of
the rough cut and i have used the rough cut in my days i purchased it when it first came out
and i really liked it not like my favorite blaster of all time but there's a lot to love and when
it did come out it offered something that was kind of unique but here's some old footage of
me using it it's fun to top off on the fly it's great that you can slam fire it and basically
rattle off eight shots super fast and you can do two at a time or fire one and then two but
the warden is the how should i say reimagining of the rough cut because it's definitely not
a new and improved version but they do both cost the same price and that's one area that elite 2.0
seemed to do quite well in at least until they started getting a little bit weirder and then
the flip shots are a little bit more expensive and then it came with two times the number of
darts needed if the darts of course are nothing special they're just a slight recoloring the
the blue of the elite dart is now more teal and then of course the inverted nature of these orange
with blue heads so once again to operate the warden prime back prime forward and now if you
carefully squeeze the trigger you can fire one dart and then fire the other it took me a long
while to get used to doing that on this blaster i remember it being really straightforward to do
with a rough cut but for some reason i have to like really focus on the warden to make it happen
as you can see i can do it but it was like really frustrating at first and i think i
mastered it that said pull down all the way you'll fire two and if you hold the trigger
it does have slam fire so you can fire off eight shots really quickly as i will show right here
and that's incredibly satisfying i did put this up on my small chronograph really quickly
the first dart is going to be the most powerful and the last art is going to be
the least powerful because that's just how the smart ar system works it travels from the top to
the bottom and the first dart you fire is this top one and the last art you fire would be this
bottom one so the top barrel could get upper 60s maybe low 70s feet per second and then the
last barrel last barrels are going to be down in the 50s that said i don't think that's anything
strikingly different than what the rough cut did though the box does claim 80 feet 85 feet
the box claims that this can outperform the previous rough cut model while you do this
what is this stop lying to me also interesting on the back of the box it calls out the tactical rail
pump action slam fire obviously but then it says blast two darts at once as if you're not
supposed to be able to fire just one at a time even though you're definitely able to because
it's based off of the rough cut which had that as a feature but where does this blaster start to
fall apart using this thing is not as fun i can definitely say that it's so shocking how cheap
this blaster feels in comparison to anything else nerf even in these modern times because
i have other blasters i can compare the feel of this plastic and the functionality and it's just
strikingly different for example the handle is not terrible it's reasonably sized for my hand but
then there's like this awkward notch right here which gets right in the way of my finger when i'm
actually gripping the blaster and like why is this notch here that's annoying pieces that make weird
cracking noises the plastic just has a different feel to it like it's not even nerf brand
it's more comparable to nerf's budget line that being alpha strike but man it's so weird when
you just start playing around it's like oh flexi flexi that's not concerning at all is it that's
where my plunger tube is what was the last nerf blaster i could do like this and actually get
visible compression on it what the heck dudes i'll admit i like the overall design choices
they made with the warden and honestly all the elite 2.0 blasters they definitely made them
slightly different than their pre-existing models you know some sharper corners for better and for
worse but the teal i do kind of like that um the way that the orange pops against it as well
having this underneath pop where the logo is unfortunately it comes off a lot cheaper
in person than what was advertised because if you look at the box really quickly
on the back i actually kind of like that but that makes me think i wish it had some
like white detailing on the blue to make it pop even more that's not what you're going to get
for this budget friendly option because it seemed like the only way they were able to
make this match the price of a pre-existing rough cut was to cut some major corners to rough cut
some major existing corners i'm sorry so i say again after firing this blaster many many times
hundreds of times it still does function but the user experience is incredibly diminished and let
me show you why this pump grip which has often been the point of failure is incredibly janky
but you see that flashing on the very front ew that's gross what the heck hasbro and even as
i was playing around with a little bit more you can see some right here and that's sharp
that doesn't happen on nerf blasters nerf is known as the quality brand
and they tell that as if it's a super big selling point that no one else can match but
let me show you the beautiful priming experience of the warden this is not a smooth prime at all
i can get it stuck right there now this is fully primed back and obviously if you slam
it forward you'll be fine to fire but let me show you where it can also get stuck along the way back
push push push push push push locked fire this is such a gross prime there is like
so much friction on this prime it makes it feel super super cheap which i'm pointing out because
i can't recall the last time i had this kind of garbage prime from a nerf blaster some of their
rival offerings have been really really nice and this and then if i ow frank jesus that's a
lot sharper than i ah i hate that i hate that so much i almost just cut my finger on that
hasbro and another crucial area for functionality
would be the trigger now this trigger is also pretty crunchy
i realize it's probably a little difficult to get on camera
it's not a smooth trigger pull i can't believe i'm comparing it to this
you know what that is that's a spring i can feel different stages of this trigger like
trying to catch as i pull it back it's so gross also i don't love the grooves on this thing but
really it's just the feel of using this blaster and you know why there's no springs in here
it's leaf springs it's plastic it's part of the trigger they're not actually using a separate
metal spring for the trigger functionality and i know that because i've seen the internals
shout out to project nerf i guess the top as well the n-strike tactical rail is also
that cheaper version i don't know they started doing that on most of their blasters too but
great to see it on elite 2.0 as well i think the paint overall is fine
because there is no paint it's just like the nerf logo on one side and the warden
logo on another side and then everything else is just the elite 2.0 shining through
and those dots which are squishy squishy it shows where the cost cutting went into this blaster
so again mine does still work if i pay attention one two i can actually fire it in succession and i
can empty all the rounds from the front what did i just cut my finger on this time what the heck
oh my gosh i take it back no it works okay
it's so sharp in the front why is this i'm not even gonna finish what i was just saying we're
opening the second one to see if that's got a similar problem snip snip snip snip out here's
the one i just took out of the box here's the previous one the one that's gonna cut my hand
off now if i look at the front of this guy there's no actual flashing on the pump grip of this one
still you can get the priming stuck
wherever you want it on the return because there's just so much friction it feels gross
whoa wait a minute this one feels so different to use this is way easier to single fire
i guess uh comparing and contrasting is useful even if you got both from the same
online source anything sharp in the front here i should be aware of oh
whoa would you look at that ah there's flashing on the very front here as well right here oh
that's so gross because your hand wraps around in the front if you have a slightly larger hand
than this pump grip you will want to be like grabbing it there when you go to fire it or at
least like when you return on the front you could rub against this little nub the barrels are like
kind of scratched up already i guess this is an open package so it could have been damaged
in transit i won't blame nerf for that one the other one i swear would like fight you
to get single shot operation but it still has the flashing in the front so at least there's
some consistencies there oh my gosh it actually drew blood i'm not gonna show you this on youtube
sorry but the warden has tasted blood this thing wants me dead but what are my initial thoughts
on this year plus old nerf elite 2.0 warden i guess not all of them break upon first use
that's good to hear again i'm not doubting the existing reviews on these blasters that show
some versions broke so this is either the exact same version they put out over a year ago
or this is something they slightly updated and now that's what i'm holding but i'm inclined to say
it's the exact same as what they first released and i just got lucky and got a functional unit
so with all that being said would i recommend the warden no i wouldn't recommend this blaster
even though it seems to do what it does would i use this in a game would i run that in a war
sure till it breaks these are fun when they work but they were more fun when they worked as
a rough cut the rough cut has a solid place in my heart as a fun foam flinger from my earlier
days of nerfing knowing what this is based off of makes it even worse but at the same time
if it does function i can't completely fault it i just don't think i would recommend it
to people you can see the cheapness you can feel the cheapness i need a band-aid i just hope that
nerf has heard the noise and they realize when their cost cutting is on full display people
are not happy you can cut some costs on blasters i understand it but to this extent not so good thank
you everyone so much for watching let me know if you've picked up the warden before or you have
any other thoughts on elite 2.0 what you'd like to see from elite 2.0 in the future and i will
be sure to go out and buy all those blasters for future reviews i don't need to buy any
more of these blasters in the meantime thanks again everyone and i will see you next time
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