Usability
The Nite Finder is a classic looking side arm (kind of like a P229 pistol) it has a plunger at the rear and a tactical rail on the top with a red dot targeting system below the barrel. The blaster is fired by loading a dart in the barrel pulling back the plunger and pulling the trigger. Reloading is a as simple as repeating the above process (although this isn't a quick process). The red light targeting is activated by a half pull on the trigger which beams a red light around 2-3m in front of the blaster. This isn't that effective as to be usable you always need to aim quite a bit above the red dot target and be very close to the target.
The Nite Finder is comfortable to hold and can be easily holstered in a tactical vest or even the waist band of your pants. It is quite effective at low to medium ranges as an emergency sidearm before a primary reload.
This blaster has very little if any jamming issues, with poor performance being directly related to not fitting dart correctly.
Usability score - 6/10
Styling/Tacticool
Due to its small size and the fact that it is a secondary weapon the scope for tacticool additions is quite small, but the tactical rail does allow for some cool but not really usable loadout options. As with the previous 2 reviews the blaster features the yellow and black of the N-Strike range but with a lighter grey in the grip.
As with the Maverick I prefer to keep this blaster stock standard and the addition of a fixed red dot target is in itself pretty tacticool. With that being said here are some Nitefinder loadouts.
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| Nerf N-Strike Nite Finder with Recon Sight |
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| Nerf N-Strike Nite Finder with Elite Pinpoint Sight |
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| Nerf N-Strike Nite Finder with Longstrike Sight |
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| Nerf N-Strike Nite Finder with Nitron Scope |
Performance
Much like the Maverick the Nite Finder is an accurate blaster, despite the red dot target being largely ineffective the blaster still landed its darts in a small area on several occasions. Out of the 30 blasters tested so far the Nite Finder sits at 25th place for distance.
Dart Distance (Sucker Darts) - 9.3m (30feet)
The Nite Finder actually performed better in testing than the Maverick but the overall average is lower due to only firing the 3 darts that come with the blaster. The minimum distance fired was 8m (26feet) and the maximum was 11m (36feet).
Darts Fired per second - 1 dps
This number isn't a fair representation of firing speed of this blaster as it relies on dexterity (something that has left me with age) to reload the blaster quickly. During testing the average result came out lower than 1 but due to this being effectively impossible I have left it at one per second.
Performance Score - 4/10
Overall
Another solid side arm that is usable as a one shot secondary for close quarters combat. The one tactical rail is saved slightly by red dot target, but this is unfortunately not overly effective. This is another blaster that can be picked up for peanuts and is an important edition to any Nerfers armoury.
Overall I give this blaster a score of 15/30.
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