dgeesaman
Gold $$ Contributor
I've had my Bulletseeker for four months now. I've never tried an Andiscan but I've put some hours on a fully accessorized Labradar.
I attach mine to a mini tripod and place it on the bench under my barrel, a few inches behind the muzzle, and aimed slightly upward into the first 50 feet of projectile path and this seems to give the strongest signal.
Things I like:
- Compact and lightweight. Including my tripod the whole kit fits in my hand and a corner of my shooting bag.
- Internal battery good for a few hours, charges using a regular USB-C.
- The iOS app is fully functional. The software has been updated at least twice since September.
- No need to 'arm' - it's either on and ready or off.
- After each shot it indicates how many data points it collected from the shot with a red/yellow/green indication of overall data quality. Compared to Labradar, where you have no idea if it's just barely registering the shots or right in the sweet spot for reliable data.
- I got mine in a week direct from EU, when Labradar was unobtainable.
- Shot data stays on your phone so you don't need to be connected to review your data.
- It will capture anything from airgun to centerfire without changing any settings or trigger devices.
Things I'd like to improve:
- Cost is much more than a Labradar, accessories included.
- Misses shots sometimes (to be fair Labradar misses shots too).
- I would like the app to be more stable. Bluetooth needs to reconnect sometimes.
- Shuts down sometimes for no apparent reason.
- When the battery gets low (under 30%) it registers phony shots every couple of seconds and fills your string with trash.
- Not currently a way to download all of the data via USB to Excel (as you can with Labradar)
- When you look at the raw data from a given shot, you can see the data on the left side can be noisy and the algorithm doesn't crop out that like it probably should.
- Velocities don't agree perfectly with Labradar. Like Bart, I found it to be generally lower than Labradar but 40fps was the most extreme case I saw. Based on Bryan Litz testing, the Labradar is very accurate and precise compared to his military grade tools, so I assume the error is mostly the Bulletseeker.
- Shooting in the most perfect conditions (airgun indoor, 20y, bench rested, nothing moved) the quality of the data from shot to shot varies widely for no apparent reason.
- It can take several seconds to download the shot to the phone.
- If it does not download directly to the phone for any reason the shot data is lost. So if the phone isn't connected or the Bluetooth decides to get wonky the shots are lost. (LR has its own internal storage)
- Will not register slower moving projectiles at all. So it won't catch airgun pellets moving under 800fps.
- The matte black finish marks very easily. Keeping it in its stuff sack does not prevent it from looking rough.
Overall I'm ok with the purchase but there is room for improvement both with Bulletseeker and Labradar. My list of cons is much longer than the pros but the cons are mostly nuisances and the pros are each significant.
David
I attach mine to a mini tripod and place it on the bench under my barrel, a few inches behind the muzzle, and aimed slightly upward into the first 50 feet of projectile path and this seems to give the strongest signal.
Things I like:
- Compact and lightweight. Including my tripod the whole kit fits in my hand and a corner of my shooting bag.
- Internal battery good for a few hours, charges using a regular USB-C.
- The iOS app is fully functional. The software has been updated at least twice since September.
- No need to 'arm' - it's either on and ready or off.
- After each shot it indicates how many data points it collected from the shot with a red/yellow/green indication of overall data quality. Compared to Labradar, where you have no idea if it's just barely registering the shots or right in the sweet spot for reliable data.
- I got mine in a week direct from EU, when Labradar was unobtainable.
- Shot data stays on your phone so you don't need to be connected to review your data.
- It will capture anything from airgun to centerfire without changing any settings or trigger devices.
Things I'd like to improve:
- Cost is much more than a Labradar, accessories included.
- Misses shots sometimes (to be fair Labradar misses shots too).
- I would like the app to be more stable. Bluetooth needs to reconnect sometimes.
- Shuts down sometimes for no apparent reason.
- When the battery gets low (under 30%) it registers phony shots every couple of seconds and fills your string with trash.
- Not currently a way to download all of the data via USB to Excel (as you can with Labradar)
- When you look at the raw data from a given shot, you can see the data on the left side can be noisy and the algorithm doesn't crop out that like it probably should.
- Velocities don't agree perfectly with Labradar. Like Bart, I found it to be generally lower than Labradar but 40fps was the most extreme case I saw. Based on Bryan Litz testing, the Labradar is very accurate and precise compared to his military grade tools, so I assume the error is mostly the Bulletseeker.
- Shooting in the most perfect conditions (airgun indoor, 20y, bench rested, nothing moved) the quality of the data from shot to shot varies widely for no apparent reason.
- It can take several seconds to download the shot to the phone.
- If it does not download directly to the phone for any reason the shot data is lost. So if the phone isn't connected or the Bluetooth decides to get wonky the shots are lost. (LR has its own internal storage)
- Will not register slower moving projectiles at all. So it won't catch airgun pellets moving under 800fps.
- The matte black finish marks very easily. Keeping it in its stuff sack does not prevent it from looking rough.
Overall I'm ok with the purchase but there is room for improvement both with Bulletseeker and Labradar. My list of cons is much longer than the pros but the cons are mostly nuisances and the pros are each significant.
David
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