Tech4Kids Tek Recon Hammer Head Battle Pack

rated as just okay by my boys

It is not very well explained, either on the packaging or in the online comments by others, but these do NOT shoot foam darts.Instead, what these fire are 1-inch long rubber bands (made of rather thick material), and they shoot them at rather high speed. For this reason, I would NOT recommend these for small children.Also, despite the fact that these rubber bands are red in color (at least the ones I got, anyway), they bounce off of whatever you hit very energetically, which results in these rubber bands disappearing remarkably easily. For this reason, I would also NOT recommend these for a home with pets (such as a cat or dog), since your pets will inevitably find these rubber bands more easily than you will, and will inevitably try to eat them.I hate to be so full of negativity about these, because they are well built, they feel comfortable to hold, the trigger action is good, and such use of small rubber bands is creative on an engineering level... ...but these do present issues that aren't as much of a concern with the typical foam dart gun by Nerf or one of Nerf's competitors.I would say, if you buy these, exercise some caution.