Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-38362264-20190302040949/@comment-27306930-20190303181826

I chalk that up to minor variances between individual blasters. For instance, I have two Hammershots. One works pretty well, and the other doesn't. It's not the color, it's small variances in manufacturing tolerances. These are "toys" after all.

In my opinion, the biggest issue with motorized blasters like the Rhino is the wiring and particularly the switches. The 130 motors are pretty uniform from blaster to blaster. But those crummy little switches Hasbro uses in Nerf blasters are really cheap. I haven't taken apart my Rhino, but if you look at a Stryfe for instance, there are three of them in series (rev trigger, clip interlock, and jam door) plus a thermistor. And I know for a fact the trigger switch on the Rhino is temperamental.

The other HUGE variable in the Rhino is the batteries. Not only do they run two sets of motors and the pusher mech, but they run a rack and pinion that oscillates the barrels. Google some pics of the internals and check it out. And it does all that with only 6 D batteries. If they're not fresh, the blaster performance tapers off quickly. The Rhino should be the poster child for 3S upgrades 😉

So unless you've seen a video where they pull the batteries out of a blue Rhino and slap them in a white one, I wouldn't compare performance. And look, you don't even need the internet. You can pull out any two "identical" blasters from your own armory and see minor performance differences between them. It's just the nature of the beast.