Chronograph

Tomme boy

Well-Known Member
I ordered a Caldwell unit tonite. I have been without mine for several years. A part of a shotgun slug took out my last one. A competition electronics dxl. It was the older one that did not have bluetooth.

I have been using a friends Competition Electronics unit. It is the original design that has no buttons on the front. Just a single button on the side. Well it is a pain to work so I just had to get another one.

Anyone have the Caldwell unit? Has it been OK?
 

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
Cannot coment to that. I have a Cheapo and a Expensive one. I use the Cheapo mostly.

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Didnt cost alot so WHEN it gets shot... I dont cry much.:embarrassed::rofl::headscratch:



BEST IF LUCK!!
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
My brother bought a Magnetospeed. Very impressed with it. N/A with handguns but very slick with the long guns.
 

Tomme boy

Well-Known Member
Well it is on its way back. Could not get it to link up on 3 phones and a tablet. Went through a bunch of vids and other forums looking for info. Had all the permissions turned on and deleted and reinstalled several times. Then it started to turn off and on by itself. Dropped it off at Kohl's for a refund and ordered the Competition Electronics DLX Bluetooth.
 

Dimner

Named Man
I have the caldwell chronograph, the last version, not the new inverted looking one.

Works great and has been through a zillion trips to the range. Came with indoor lights, a tripod, and a batter pack for the indoor lights. I wouldn't buy anything else if you wanted an optical chronograph. Mine didn't have bluetooth, but that's okay. It transferred data to my phone via the headphone jack. App for the data was excellent (far better than lab radar's). Then again, I could poop a better app than lab radar created.

However, since I shoot a public range, I swapped over to the Lab Radar for convenience reasons.

I like not needing to stop the line to setup/takedown/adjust the chronograph as well as I like how the lab radar works with any conditions of the sun. Every so often I would have a day at the range spoiled by super bright sunlight at a bad angle that gave me readings of 4-5k fps. Also, after sundown the readings get sketchy.

The lab radar fixes these things. But it also regresses in how you are given data. The Bluetooth connection to my phone is unreliable, after a few strings the app will crash after ever shot. I would prefer if I could just hard wire it to my phone. Also, the App is junk. Very hard to use and I cannot rename my shot strings or add info like the load/powder/etc. All I get is "String 25".

If I were doing it over again, I am not sure I would upgrade. The lack of flexibility and the aggravation of keeping connected to the lab radar makes it a pain to use. I actually find I use a chrono less now because of these issues. So I guess they are worse than having to stop the line to setup/takedown/adjust

If I were able to shoot on my own land, I would use the caldwell all day long. Oh speaking of which, the caldwell lasts forever on one 9V battery.
 

Cherokee

Medina, Ohio
LabRadar basic system is the way to go. All the fancy stuff is just more to go wrong. My system works great at the indoor range. Outdoor at longer ranges, the challenge is to get it aimed correctly; once in, works great.