This electric water gun is built like a heavy pistol with its insides on show. The body is smoky see-through plastic, so the wiring and motor parts are visible, with ELECTRIC printed along the side, a blue sight on top and a round, see-through drum tank clipped under the grip where a magazine would normally be.

The drum is the point. It holds far more water than the slim tank of an ordinary squirt pistol, which the box sums up as large capacity, so a child spends more time in the game and less time running back to the tap. Fill it, clip it back on and press the trigger; the pump does the work, so there is no pumping by hand.

The muzzle is a light. When it fires, the tip glows orange and yellow like a flash of flame through the clear housing, the cool light effects printed on the box, and it makes the pistol look dramatic even in daylight.

The box also lists a modular design: the muzzle light, the sight and the drum come apart from the body, as the photo of the parts laid out shows. Charging is by USB, with the cable in the box, so there are no batteries to buy for every summer.

It is different from the slim, rifle-shaped electric water gun many Pakistani shops sell. This one is pistol-sized for a one-handed grip, with a drum instead of a long tank, and it suits children from about six years with a grown-up nearby for the first fill.

The electric water gun pistol is Rs. 2,999 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Abbottabad. Stock, your city and the delivery charge are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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