The water pistols came undamaged, in their original packaging with us. The use of guns is a little getting used to, or in other words by the slanted handle fun. For an accurate targeting of angle has to be factored in. The filling is simple, the closure is secured by a ribbon. After filling in a bucket gun drips until all the water has run out of the cracks. The range of the water jet is good and the water supply ausreeichend for a small water fight.