CPS 1700

[TheSoaker]

I just picked up a CPS 1700 of eBay for 9.99! In great condition. Any suggestions?

[SEAL]

Suggestions: Use it as your primary! 1500s and 1700s are some of the best water guns you can get. I was supposed to get a 1500 from marauder, but he uh, couldn't find it. You could K-mod it, but as we've found out recently, K-modding increases range and stream speed, but decreases lamination. You wouldn't think that's too big a deal, but we've found that it's noticably harder to hit people with K-modded 1200s or 1000s than it is to hit people with 2500s, which shoot about the same distance.

I believe someone (soakinader I think) added a 3X nozzle to the selector along with the 5X and 10X. You might want to do this if you are particularly trigger-happy. I personally wouldn't, but it all depends on your style. What's great about the 1500/1700 is that it's so versatile. No matter what your style is, this blaster can probably suit it. It's main flaw is that its supposedly unbalanced, though I have yet to fight with one so I don't know how bad it is.

[marauder]

I did a k mod study for 15-1700s. Its not on Hydrowar yet but I can email it to you. Its interesting. I think the 3x nozzle is a good idea IF you are good at modding.

[SEAL]

^Oh yeah, I remember that. Didn't the range increase on the 10X but decrease on the 5X (or vice versa)?

[marauder]

Yes. Stream speed went up on both. When I put the shot pics up youll be able to see a major difference. With 30 balloons the wAter roars from the nozzle, practically exploding. Max range was 46 ft which was with 10x after so many balloons. Mind you, stock 10x range was 44 ft for both models tested so 2 ft gain wasnt much.

[DX]

Hopefully the 1700 you picked up wasn't the one that originally was at 24.99 and recently price dropped to 9.99, because it was pump-shooting or something. If it was that one, you'll need to fix the leaking issue before using it (and mod it while the thing is open anyway). I would recommend comparing the stream after K-modding to other guns and improve the external lamination if necessary. Lamination has become a big deal. One thing to note is that it's not the number of balloons that is detrimental. We found that my 10K stream stays together better than my 12K's, but the 10K has 40 balloons on it and the 12K has 30. The 10K shoots about 2 ft less than the 12K, but when Jon and I were dueling, I had to get the eff out of the way every time he shot the 10K at me. That thing was soaring. The 10K's output is higher than the 12K's, maybe the most important factor in why its stream breaks up so much less.

So, I would be interested to see how your 1700's streams act like when K-modded. Both nozzles should be really good.

[Poseidon2000]

The Soaker's a good modder.

[TheSoaker]

it hasn't arrived yet but how do you remove the selector tab? also the seller said that water dripped out of the nozzle when it was pressurized so it should just need a rubberband repair and some greasing. think i could just pry it off? ive never dealt with a 1700 or 1500.

[DX]

The Soaker's a good modder.

but how do you remove the selector tab?

Lol, I'm just kidding around of course.

Getting the selector tab out is gonna depend on the mark, if the 1700 even has any. For a reference point, 1500s have an unknown number of marks, but I recognize two: Either the big nozzle cover is glued or it isn't. One of those will have a pump cap that just unscrews and one that pops off, forgot which goes with which.

If your 1700 is that kind, without glue, it's really easy. You might not even need to pry, the cover can't wait to hop off. The selector tab just wiggles out with it. Be careful not to break the thin, fragile, orange piece that falls out with the tab. If you 1700 nozzle cover is really glued on, you need to pry it off hard. You'll need to be careful not to damage the selector tab or the slot it goes in, and plan on some way of putting the cover back on in one piece. A 1500/1700 can still function without the cover and tab, but it looks kinda ghetto without them.

[TheSoaker]

Well it came in and when i pumped it up turns out it wasn't leaking through the nozzle but through the nozzle valve. Fearing the worst I opened it up and the nozzle cover came off with ease and the pump cap screwed off. I found water spraying out of the seam on the valve like what happens when you don't glue it shut. I opened up the valve and also saw that the laminator walls were loose in the nozzle and I took them out and replaced them with drinking straws. Then I proceeded to glue and screw the nozzle valve shut and its drying right now as we speak. Also the internal tubing That goes from the pump to the nozzle valve was crystal clear so the last owner ether didn't use it much or he took good care of it like we do. then I pressure fitted the nozzle cap back on.I hope it works

[DX]

Squeak...squeak...squeak...BOOM

[TheSoaker]

Well it's fixed the glue held and its not leaking anymore. Now I'm gonna smoother the nozzles to get better lamination

[soakinader]

Umm is the lamination bad? Try tightening the selector, don't do anything to the stock nozzles unless they are damaged.

-One of my CPS 2000 had some horrible shooting problems until I tightened up the nozzle selector. On the 20X it just had bad lamination/range, on 5/10 it also sprayed water sideways.

[TheSoaker]

The laminator walls were sideways in the nozzle I could have glued them back in but I prefer straw laminators so I did that and now lamination is much better