I own several, and if you get the good ones, the weight is right, and it does work for practice, I set up beer cans around the house and holster my softair, and when I come around a corner and see one, extend, touch, press until the target is down. I highly recommend them. Don't get the real thing mixed up with the softair thing. Bad JUJU. And don't shoot them at the TV, they will crack the plastic cover on your HD experience.