Garmin Xero is it still awesome?

Yep. I’ve had mine for over a year now. I take it and use it every time I go to the range. It’s easy to use, and it just works.
 
Works great. Works so good that one of my cousins asked if he could use to for load/proof development for one of his rifles.
 
I love mine, has had no issues with anything I've run through it. My little girls BB gun, shotgun, pistol, rifles, I just set it up and it gets every shot.
 
Being a Garmin dealer I have had one since they have came out.
I have never had a single issue at all out out of mine.
It goes to the range with me all the time.
Also nice it works well with my bow as well.
 
Been using a Caldwell for years. I've shot over a Magneto and Lab Radar just enough to get a feel for them.

I bit the bullet and bought a Garmin last summer. Biggest game changer I've seen for the Relaoder in a very long time. No lighting issues, set up quirks aiming or switching between rifles.

Don't even read the instructions, just charge and set up anywhere in a large area on the bench.

My only complaint and it's very minor is the tripod is too light. When shooting magnums with a brake the blast will occasionally knock it over. Simple fix was a larger tripod I had on hand. There's other mounts being made for it now to help with this.

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I got the Garmin to upgrade from a "shoot through" style chronograph mainly because of the time savings of not having to set it up down range on a tripod and make sure I'm not going to hit it and that I'm shooting directly over the optical sensors so it doesn't skip any of the shots. It's a game changer for load development because it's so convenient to use at the range, and also easy to throw in the pack to use in the mountains.20250111_121521.jpg
 
The compactness, reliability, and ease of use will have you using it more. At first I wasn’t sure about the ultra light weight, but it is nice when hauling a heavy range bag to not even notice it’s there. Definitely 5 out of 5 stars.
 
The Garmin is awesome. Changed the game for sure. Take it for every range trip now as it’s so easy to use. Still have a labradar and do use it to figure bc for unknown bullets, but it rarely goes to the range.
 
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