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The airsoft electronic gun AEG is really a fairly simple mechanical device with very little electronics to it. Using mechanical means, it can provide three selector modes: safe, semi-auto, and full-auto. But the most popular airsoft gun in the United States is the M4 (AR15 replica), which is used heavily in the U.S. military. The real M4 fires in three shot burst, a feature that is not easy to achieve in a mechanical airsoft gun with simple electronics.
That's where Burst Wizard King Kong Elite comes into the picture. The Burst Wizard King Kong Elite not only provides multi-burst features, but acts as a MOSFET, LiPO and LiFePO battery protection, and other features that only sophisticated electronics can provide to an AEG. Before we go into each of the features in detail, let's take a look at the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite.
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We actually purchased the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite in order to provide semi-auto mode to an AEG that only has full-auto mode. See our Fixing Your AEG Broken Trigger Post article.
The Burst Wizard King Kong Elite came in a yellow packing envelope. Luckily, I live in the same vicinity as its vendor headquarter, so I received the product a day after I order it. Inside the yellow packing envelop, the content is stored inside a ziplock bag. The photo below shows the ziplock bag content; the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite, a wire for permanently installing the product in your AEG (optional), two shrink wrap tubes, and instruction sheet.
There are two ways to install the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite. One, it's a plug-and-play unit where you plug it into the AEG where you'd normally plug in your battery (see photo below), then you plug the battery into the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite. One nice feature of the plug-and-play method is that you can move the unit from one AEG to another quickly. The other way is similar to the first way, except you also permanently solder the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite to the trigger connector. In this second way, you can't move the Burst Wizard King Kong elite from one AEG to another. But it provides a few important features that is unavailable in the plug-and-play manner.
Burst Wizard King Kong Elite comes in two versions: 1) a DIN connector version; and 2) a mini-Tamiya version. As you can see we ordered the mini-Tamiya version. The photo below shows the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite plugged into the AEG and then a 8.4v NiMH battery plugged into the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite.
The instruction sheet says to plug the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite into the AEG first, and then plug the battery into the Burst Wizard King Kong Elite. It doesn't warn or say what would happen if you do it in reverse. My guess is that it doesn't hurt because the trigger contact is open anyway. But we haven't actually tried that.
There are many other burst control units on the market. However, most other units I see costs $100 and up. Burst Wizard King Kong Elite is priced at $40. The only other units I seen at the price is the Burst Avocado. However, I couldn't find a place to order the Burst Avocado anywhere in the U.S. Other more expensive units also seem to have some availability issues.
During this review, our Burst Wizard King Kong Elite spewed white smoke and had a bad electronic smell. After that it won't power up again. At the time we were still testing the unit on the bench while dry firing and changing its program. The gearbox probably cycled less than 50 times on our bench. We hadn't even taken it to the airsoft field.
We suspected a defective unit and contacted the vendor during the day. An hour later the vendor contacted us and asked us to ship the defective unit back for a replacement. Since we were in the same vicinity, we received the replacement unit the next day. The customer service seems to be extremely prompt and reliable.
At the time, the newer Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 unit is out on the market. So received that unit. Be sure to read our Burst Wizard King Kong Super 2 Review article.
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