The guides on this site that are not about one specific blaster. Buying advice, modding, ammunition, and the arguments that come up in every group eventually.
If you want a particular blaster reviewed, start from the line hubs at the bottom of this page instead. This list is for the questions that sit above any single product.
Buying and choosing
- The 10 best Nerf guns of all time, ranked from our own reviews, with which ones are still made.
- The best Nerf gun to buy, mod and take to war, which is 3 different questions with one surprising answer.
- Where to buy Nerf guns, and which source suits new, discontinued and cheap project blasters.
- How to find real deals on Nerf guns, the sale calendar and how to spot a fake discount.
- The 5 best stealth blasters, and why no motorized blaster can be one.
Modding and maintenance
- The 3 best Nerf guns to mod first, for anyone about to open a shell for the first time.
- How to reshape old Nerf darts, which recovers most of a worn tin in about 10 minutes.
- Keeping a blaster working, the maintenance most people skip until something jams.
- The full Nerf mods guide, with the 6 range mods in the order to do them.
- Painting a blaster, where prep decides the result before you open a can.
Gear, ammunition and the wider hobby
- Darts and ammunition, the 7 types and how to spot counterfeit foam.
- Accessories, which ones change a game and which just change the look.
- The 9 best Nerf YouTube channels, and why their range tests never agree.
- Nerf versus airsoft, including the safety claim this site used to get wrong.
- The Vortex disc line explained.
- Nerf war game modes, with rules worth stealing.
- Nerf baseball drills and gear, the foam crossover that gets a young player 40 swings on a Tuesday.
Every blaster, by line
Product reviews live on the line hubs rather than here.