Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph at S&S Archery

[HighUintas]

There's definitely some difference between Garmin and athlong units. The archery issue and the fact that I could never get my athlon to read more than 10-20% of my patched round ball shots. I have not read a case of this happening with the Garmin but have seen plenty of people use the Garmin for such shooting

 

[Kbhillhunter]

Have the athlon units improved with archery since the recent updates?

 

[lelliott8]

Have the athlon units improved with archery since the recent updates?

Mine worked fine at an indoor range for trad bow speeds

 

[TheCougar]

lots of people asking, and I only have a partial answer…. The Athlon seemed to be reading my bow speeds correctly. I have an old Caldwell chrono that was the other set of data. I am trying to get my hands on a Garmin unit to compare the two directly. I expect my bow should be around 285, but could be as fast as 290. This was the set up, data is below:




Caldwell / Athlon:
1. 288 / 283
2. 285 / 285
3. 293 / 285
4. 295 / 284
5. 318 / 285
6. 294 / 284
7. 290 / 285
8: 291 / 284


If you throw out the 318 Caldwell score, the average would be 291. The athlon was remarkably consistent and never varied more than 284+-1. I’m not honestly sure which one is correct. Hopefully I can borrow a Garmin unit and find out. I’ll report back when I do.

 

[TheCougar]

I should add, this is firmware 1.40.81.

 

[S&S Archery (Rob)]

awesome.. just downloaded the firmware and going to compare to the garmin now.. crossing my fingers!

 

[HighUintas]

I should add, this is firmware 1.40.81.

Would you be able to shoot using a tape for one speed and see if you can determine that way which is more correct?

 

[6.5Express]

I did use the athlon this last winter to set a scale for my target bow. Seemed to be pretty darn accurate and consistent, but I have not shot over it side by side with a garmin.