Radar Chronograph

[Big_Daddy]

I 'll buy another radar unit some day. it just will not be a Labradar unless they do a complete redesign and fix some of the issues it has had since it's launch

And yet mine has worked from day one with zero issues.
I can't explain it however I know several people at our club that bought them and had "issues"...
Honestly most of their issues were with initial setup.
I am in NO WAY blaming you for any issues that you are experiencing.
Just passing on that I have been able to get all but one to work perfectly.

 

[RegionRat]

And yet mine has worked from day one with zero issues.

So, your LR has never broken the BlueTooth connection and never missed a single shot trigger?

 

[Big_Daddy]

So, your LR has never broken the BlueTooth connection and never missed a single shot trigger?

As with every electronic device, a missed shot can happen or a bluetooth connection can be broken.
My point was that I have not experienced constant issues like so many have claimed to have had.
Bottom line is that my unit has worked, what I consider, flawlessly.
BTW....Most "missed shots" were the result of bad set up on my part or triggering issue while shooting suppressed. I fixed this with a remote trigger.
Hell even my 39P chrono has "missed shots"
As for the bluetooth feature, I will ask you a question. Has your phone ever dropped a call?
Things can happen with electronics.

 

[Big_Daddy]

So, your LR has never broken the BlueTooth connection and never missed a single shot trigger?

As you point out, correctly I may add, "Zero Issues" is probably a bad choice of phrasing on my part...
My point was that my LR has been very reliable and I have no complaints...

 

[RegionRat]

@Big_Daddy I knew you didn't mean it was perfect, and I was kidding, but I also get your point.

In a world where everyone who can fog a mirror is free to complain on the internet, you have to factor in for the folks who don't follow instructions, can't troubleshoot, and then run straight to the keyboards and post poor reviews.

The static and clutter in the feedback makes the issue muddy, but when it is all over their BT connection and software interface is way below average. By now they should have branded and included their own inertial external trigger as well.

That said, I can give them an +A for introducing folks to Doppler Radar Chronographs. I don't even know the last time I used a MS or optical chrono, and by far I still recommend using one whenever possible.

Even then... whoever selected the BlueTooth hardware, whoever tested it and didn't immediately change it, and whoever worked their graphical user interface design, gets a -D, and so does the management that forced sending the version 2 software design.

 

[Timberyote]

I have a friend who had 3 LR's, while working as the chronographer for a major match all 3 died within 10 mins of each other. He sent them back for repair and promptly sold them, never to purchase them again.

 

[RegionRat]

I have a friend who had 3 LR's, while working as the chronographer for a major match all 3 died within 10 mins of each other. He sent them back for repair and promptly sold them, never to purchase them again.

Wow! The odds of that were pretty rare. I have beat the crap out of mine with lots of road trips and use in the sun, but only had one hiccup and they fixed it and flipped it back quick.

I have heard of an issue or two like mine, but haven't heard anything like your story. Any idea what or why that happened?

 

[Mike TackleBerry]

Labradar just announced the labradar lite, It shouldn't be affected by the chip shortage.

 

[Timberyote]

Wow! The odds of that were pretty rare. I have beat the crap out of mine with lots of road trips and use in the sun, but only had one hiccup and they fixed it and flipped it back quick.

I have heard of an issue or two like mine, but haven't heard anything like your story. Any idea what or why that happened?

I don't know the results of the repairs, but when they crapped out it was very hot outside.

 

[ronemus]

Wel if you set it up so the radar cone is picking the bullet up the same point it will. Change that vector and I can guarantee it wont. That's just common sense and first year trigonomics.

The Labradar measures velocity from the point it first picks up the bullet and follows it until the signal drops out or the bullet hits the backstop; that data is used to calculate the muzzle velocity. It really doesn't matter exactly where the bullet is first picked up, unlike optical chronographs,

 

[JimSC]

The Labradar measures velocity from the point it first picks up the bullet and follows it until the signal drops out or the bullet hits the backstop; that data is used to calculate the muzzle velocity. It really doesn't matter exactly where the bullet is first picked up, unlike optical chronographs,

so what the LR is giving you is a estimate calculated from several readings out to XX yards. The estimate it gave me when I tested it simultaneously with three other chronographs was the speed my optical was giving me at 12 feet from the muzzle. The Magnetospeed average was 15 FPS higher. When I plugged the MS info into JBM calculator it gave me a FPS drop of 15 FPS lower at 12 feet. Pretty darn accurate. The Prochronos average numbers were .2 FPS lower than the LR's and closer to matching the MS on the ES and SD. The Shotmarker data came closer to matching the LR data on ES and SD

 

[RegionRat]

@F Class John did an update video on his experience with the AndiScan.

 

[BCR1]

I bought mine over a year ago and I've never been able to get it to display anything. Wish I'd never bought it.

Bill

 

[Redd]

I bought mine over a year ago and I've never been able to get it to display anything. Wish I'd never bought it.

Bill

I'd be happy to buy it from you ......at a much reduced price since it won't "display anything"!

 

[Ol Thumper]

If anyone wants a LR you can now back order the original with bluetooth with a 3-4 week lead time.

 

[Firearmsunlimited]

Any chronograph without a proof channel leaves a lot of potential questionable results.