Bubble guns
About
I can't believe I'm making a wiki article for Bubble Guns, but they became my favorite gift to give to people in 2023. Also I have this riddle / brain tickler:
Question: What is plastic, requires batteries, often rotates and can provide hours of joy to the person using it... and works best with lube?
Answer: A bubble machine... you dirty old man.
... Bonus Fun Fact: I have a friend who is nicknamed Mr Bubblicious who told me that you want really huge bubbles the trick is to mix anal lube into your solution... hence the pun. Feels a bit weird now that kids play with bubbles right. It's just a bubble you crazy kid.
Bubble Guns
Bubble machines turn you into the life of the party. Next time you go to an indoor concert bring along 4 for you and your friends and craziness will ensure. I recommend this one:
- EagleStone 2 Bubble Guns Machine ... 8 Hole Light Up Bubble Maker with 4 Refill Solution ... - For only $18 comes with two guns, which is nice (<$10 each). Batteries are not included though and each gun requires 4 AA batteries, so purchase a set of AAs. Each cartridge seem to last ~15 minutes, but it goes quick, so go out partying with spare cartridges on hand.
And if you want more refills than you'd EVER need:
- JOYIN 32 oz Bubble Solution Refills (up to 2.5 Gallon) Big Bubble Solution - Mixes with a 1:9 ratio, so it's enough to last you many, many hours.
Or if you want something with even greater power:
Bubble Machine Advice
There are many types of bubble machines you can buy on Amazon. Some sit on the ground, others are guns. Obviously the guns are the best ones for portability... but the real thing to be careful of... the one with fixed holes (and might say 80+ holes) require a dip tray and it isn't fun to have to dip your gun into a tray every few seconds. What's the point of that! Make sure your machine has a cartridge, or buy a static machine which you can fill up with a tonne of liquid and has rotating holes to just continually spit out bubbles.
My other advice is to go to a party with ~3 cartridges per gun... Yup, if it's a long dance party you might go through all 3 cartridges! I also can tell you that it's lots of fun lending your machine to a kid, but don't necessarily expect to get it back. Hahaha. Spread the love. Make sure you fire the gun into the air and be aware of where the bubbles are going. Nobody wants too many bubbles in their face at once and all these machines are a little noisy which might ruin the ambience of a quiet situation, but if music is playing bubbles will always make people smile. Heck - you can take them into nightclubs etc... just be aware that if you use them too much the floor might get a little slippery or people might worry about stains on their clothes. I don't think they actually stain, but they can make smooth surfaces slippery, so be careful of that.
