Last year, Zuru saw massive success with the original Fast Fill water blaster. I reviewed it then, finding it a solid option amid what is largely a pump-to-shoot market. It’s affordable, simple to use, and delivers great results. This year, Zuru expands the line with blasters like the Epic Fast Fill. Its larger, has more firing optionsand still fills fast, provided your water source is large enough for the blaster. This blaster is for you if you enjoyed the original version and want something more.
It’s Better To Be Bigger
The Epic Fast Fill is 53 cm long, making it a bit too large to just think of it as a water pistol. Zuru responded by creating a new grip and using the refilling door as a stock. Theyve also traded out the previous pump grip for an angled foregrip, making for extremely smooth and easy pumping. It’s basically the same pattern as last years: transparent reservoir, similar color scheme and plastic that feels slightly differently to other soakers but is still solid. And its comfortable to hold, too.
The blaster can be refilled by pressing a button. It fills up very quickly. The reservoir is advertised as holding 1000mL, but that appears to be an underestimation. 1150mL appears to be more like it, but I need to work on getting more exact measurements.
Id be remiss if I didnt mention that the Epic now has multiple nozzles. There are four settings: small stream, medium stream, three stream shotgun spray, and a horizontal mist setting. You can change your settings if you wish.
Performance
The Epic Fast Fill advertises ranges of 10.4m, and that seems quite accurateat least with the singe stream settings. Extras like the triple spray and the mist obviously dont go as far. In addition, having a real stock makes the Epic Fast Fill easy to shoulder and aim.
In terms of endurance, youre firing ~21mL per shot. So youll be able to get off 50 shots or so before really having to worry about reloading. Which again, doesnt take long at all.
Epic Internals
The Epic Fast Fill isnt anything unexpected under the hood. Like its predecessor, a tube runs from the back of the reservoir to the pump, and another runs to the nozzle. It seems that there is slightly too much tubing at the back. Mine was pinched a bit. This didn’t seem to impact performance as shown above.
The vacuum relief valve sits at the very front of the reservoir.
