{"product_id":"slingshot-toy-with-laser-sight-spirit-level-and-quick-change-bands","title":"Slingshot Toy with Laser Sight, Spirit Level and Quick Change Bands","description":"\u003cp\u003eA slingshot toy for target practice, with a laser on one fork arm and a spirit level on the other. Line the dot up, center the bubble, and you finally find out whether the last shot was you or the tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo sights to file. No cord to knot. No guessing where the band sits. Clamp a band in, drop a ball in the pouch, and go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe shot you can actually repeat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou already know how a slingshot works. The hard part has never been the first shot, it is doing the same thing twice, because drawing to a slightly different place on your cheek puts the ball a foot to the left and nothing tells you which draw you just made. So every miss looks like every other miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe laser module clamps to one fork arm and puts a red dot where the fork is actually pointing. The rail beneath it carries four small colored sight beads, green and orange in turn, marked on the maker's diagram at 10, 20, 30 and 40 meters. Pick the bead for your distance and hold it on the dot. The module takes three LR41 cells, not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour wrist is tilted and you cannot feel it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoll the fork a few degrees off upright and the ball goes low and to one side every time, and all of it reads as bad aim rather than as a tilted hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA short vial of bright green fluid sits in a bracket on the other fork arm. Center the bubble and the fork is level. That is the whole instruction, and it quietly removes a variable you were never measuring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new band takes seconds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBands are consumable. They stretch, they cloud over, and one day one lets go mid-draw, which is usually when people discover theirs were tied on with cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach fork arm ends in a sprung jaw with saw teeth cut across it. Press the knurled knob on the outside and the jaw opens, the old band drops out, the new one goes in, and letting go closes it again. No knots, and nothing to stretch over a horn with your teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy not the cheap fork from the market stall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ten dollar version saves money in three places and you meet all three the same afternoon: its bands are tied on with cord so a change is a bench job, its handle is round and smooth so a damp palm slides on it, and it has no sight of any kind so every shot starts from nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis one answers each in turn. The bands clamp. The handle carries a panel of small raised studs on each side, so a wet hand still has something to hold. And between the dot, the beads and the bubble you have three things to line up instead of none. The frame is polycarbonate and it weighs about four ounces, so it rides in a coat pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich of the seven to pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue, Red and Gold share a mirror-finish handle and a chrome-look fork. Gray is the quiet one, matte all over, with no gloss and no chrome anywhere on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen decide whether you already have something to shoot. Slingshot Only arrives with one band and pouch fitted. The Set adds four spare band and pouch sets, thirty steel balls and ten stick-on targets, and it is the easier start if you have nothing to aim at yet. One gap worth knowing: the Set comes in Blue, Red and Gold, and Gray is sold on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePin a target to a board at the end of the garden, center the bubble, and start counting hits instead of guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 4.5 x 4.5 in (11.5 x 11.5 cm), with the laser and the level fitted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFork gap: 1.7 in (4.4 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFork arm head, across: 0.8 in (2.1 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 4.2 oz (120 g)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial: Polycarbonate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSight: Laser module clamped to one fork arm, plus four colored sight beads on each rail, marked 10, 20, 30 and 40 meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevel: Spirit level vial clamped to the other fork arm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrip: A panel of raised studs on both sides of the handle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBands: Flat bands, held in a sprung toothed clamp, changed by hand with no tools\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBattery: 3 x LR41 cells for the laser, not included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTakes: Steel balls, clay balls and small stones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoes not take: Arrows, bolts or darts. The pouch holds a ball or a small stone and nothing else\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColors: Blue, Gray, Red, Gold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet availability: The Set comes in Blue, Red and Gold. 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