For what it’s worth, I had this thing in my cart the day the product was released - but I have a love / hate relationship with Garmin and since I didn’t have an immediate need for a new chrono - I told myself I was going to hold off on this.
As luck would have it, my sweet wife was in the room when I was thinking about getting this chrono, and even though I didn‘t buy it, unbeknownst to me - she ordered it right then for a BD gift.
Fast forward, to this morning and I was surprised to unwrap this chrono for a gift.
In less than 5 minutes, I had this chrono paired to my phone and 3 bow shots recorded.
So far, I’m super impressed with the simplicity and lack of hassles using the Garmin compared to the Caldwell chrono I use for archery (and anticipating the same in comparison to the Magnetospeed that I use at the rifle range).
As far as accuracy, I use the Archer’s Mark application (similar to something like Strelok Pro) on my phone and my tournament bows have sights that use “sight marks” that allow for a very high degree of accuracy when compared to just a generic sight tape. Anyway, I typically take all the measurements off my bow (extensive) enter them into Archer’s Mark, shoot a few arrows through the chrono, to get some sight marks, then go to the range and verify all distances by shooting, then making manual corrections to the distances in Archer’s Mark.
The Caldwell chrono used to get me close, but would off by a few FPS the further out I would shoot (usually 100 yards).
Today, when I check the speeds I got with the Garmin, they were exactly the speed I ended up calibrating my sight marks to in the Archer’s Mark application (283 FPS).
Anyway, I’m excited to use this chrono more, and I impressed with its simplicity and accuracy.