XP Reviews

Last updated on 2008-01-22

Xtra Power

Overview
Common Pros
Common Cons
Guns
Timeline
Media
Common Modifications
Links

Overview

The XPs improved on the Classics initially with one major change: the valve. The firing valve of most of the Classics was a simple pinch valve that closed shut a piece of tubing to stop flow; the XPs used the first pull valve, which operate by retracting a disc from a sealing face, allowing flow. Later on the XPs introduced screw-on reservoir caps--the first few XPs had removable reservoirs like the Classics. In the end, they operated on the same principle as the Classics: the pressure difference between the air in the chamber and in the environment pushes the water out of the gun.

Pros

Decent power
Improved power over the Classics
First series to use reservoir caps

Cons

Performance dropoff from use of air pressure

Guns

Name	Year	Type
XP 15	1998	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 20	1998	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 35	1995	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 40	1998	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 55	1995	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 65	1996	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 70	1998	Separate Air Chamber
XP 75	1993	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 85	1996	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 90	1999	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 95	1995	Separate Air Chamber
XP 105	1996	Separate Air Chamber
XP 110	1994	Separate Air Chamber
XP 150	1994	Separate Air Chamber
XP 215	2001	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 220	2000	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 240	2000	Pressurized Reservoir
XP 250	1994	Separate Air Chamber
XP 270	2000	Separate Air Chamber
XP 300	1994	Separate Air Chamber
XP 310	2000	Separate Air Chamber
XP Backfire	2000	Pressurized Reservoir
XP Pool Pumper Blaster	1996	Separate Air Chamber
XP Pool Pumper Cannon	1996	Piston Pump[er
XP Triple Play	2000	Pressurized Reservoir
XXP 175	1996	Separate Air Chamber
XXP 275	1996	Separate Air Chamber