Just placed an order for one because I want to be able to use it in an indoor range.
Especially interested in power consumption and recommendation's on a power bank as I understand they drain batteries. Feedback on performance indoors and outdoors will be appreciated
Congratulations! I just looked up the power bank I ordered from Amazon and it’s no longer available. I just got a 20$ power bank that had USB outputs. I usually use the 1A port, it seems to work fine. I did order a right angle USB micro as it seems to plug in better than the USB cable that was supplied with the unit. I’ve never tried batteries in the unit but have read they don’t last too long.
I upgraded the firmware on mine, and have used the free app on an iPhone X and iPad. The app definitely has some flaws, and in my case disconnects every once in awhile. I’ve sent numerous emails to them, but, they don’t seem to want to improve the app. It does work, but marginally. Get an SD card to plug in to the unit so you can easily transfer the data to whatever device you’re keeping records on.
You have to “Aim” the labradar at the target, or the beam won’t pick up the bullet. They have a notch on the top of the unit, but I took a Bic pen, stripped the ink cartridge, and tape that to the notch so it’s a bit more precise. If the unit doesn’t record a shot, this is most likely the problem.
The unit isn’t perfect, but I’ve found it a lot easier to use than my shoot through chrono. It occasionally gives me a very erratic reading, like once it did a 3000+ FPS on a 9mm load. I’ve not been able to pinpoint why, but I still shoot a calibration string at the start of every session with factory ammo. My range did have a metal cable at 50 yards to hang targets on, so maybe this was confusing the unit in some way. Indoors it seemed to work just fine but I was the only one there.
Let us know how you like it! Good luck!
Please keep us posted. I'm curious about them but the price tag (looks to be around $600 or so with extras you need?) puts me off some. Maybe they will come down in time.
Does it pick up other people's shots if shooting on a crowded range?
Sometime around Black Friday it’s usually 50$ off, or so it’s been the past couple of years. This is definitely a buy once cry once event. Sort of like buying a Dillon
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Can the data retrieved from the SD card be imported to Excel?
Yes. Each string is in a separate folder and the CSV file can be imported. That’s what I do to get the data into my master spreadsheet. I’m having a senior moment, but, in my case I think I need to transpose the numbers since I want my shot strings in a row, not a column, but that’s easily done in excel.
