Both home-made and commercially sold models exist, with stationary, mobile, and multi-person-operated types available.
[2] Even though water balloon launchers are mainly marketed towards children, adults also engage in water balloon activities.
[4] It is unsafe to misuse a water balloon launcher by loading it with snowballs.
[5] Water balloon launchers pose a risk of eye injuries,[6] such as when a young man suffered orbital blowout fracture resulting from the misuse of a water balloon launcher, and became legally blind from his left eye.
[7] In another case, a 31-year-old female suffered from traumatic retinal dialysis in her right eye, resulting in permanent loss of vision.