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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."

What a fun game!We bought two sets for our son and our family/friends who come to visit for an outdoor, at home experience. They came pre-charged and have a 30 min play time. We absolutely love that the laser gun and target are all recharged thru a plug in, designated charging depot. Easy plug in and walk away to re-charge.At first, 30 mins didn’t seem like enough play time, but we were mistaken! If you are actively running, you’re exhausted by the time your laser life runs out. You can go from 15 hearts (lives) to 100, to extend the game. The four laser gun options are so much fun, my favorite is the space laser that has the sound to match. We love the infrared laser scope light and the option to turn off or mute the lights for 30 seconds to hide from the teenagers for a sneak attack. It does shoot and hit the target at a very far range! We were pleasantly surprised at its accuracy.Our family did not tire from playing this, we played twice a day! It’s so much better at night and the best thing is it’s soooo much less expensive, than going to a laser tag place (once you pay the initial cost of the set). You can add more laser sets to these sets for a bigger team and the skies the limit with outdoor natural obstacles to make your experience even better and cost effective. No need to have blow up obstacles when you have trees for cover. You can even hang an unused target on a tree or whatever, if you have limited people playing to make it a contest between teams and add to the fun.The only thing I wish was different would be a back target and multiple clip on targets to the apparatus. You can only hit the target from the front, so you can literally walk backwards so your foe doesn’t hit the target, which is kinda cheating. So don’t be a cheat and walk backwards or cover your chest. We did strap on our extra set to our back when it was only four of us, which totally upped the level of difficulty, however when we have a larger group we don’t have enough sets to do that. If the company created smaller, puck like clip on targets that we could add on our sides and backs, it would add to the fun and would be more cost effective, vs buying more sets.Overall it’s a 5 star at home game.