Not Sure this is the best place to ask, but I’m looking for a new shot timer. I consider it a training tool.
Anyway my more recent PACT timer (club timer III) is eating batteries like no tomorrow, I won’t be getting another one of them.
Does anyone have any suggestions - this one looks good.
First: all shot timers suck.
I am eagerly awaiting someone to actually make a usable one with a decent form factor.
I have used both the CED 7000 and the Pocket Pro II.
The biggest cons of the Pocket Pro II is that it is huge and the buzzer is annoying as hell.
The biggest cons of the CED 7000 is that it is not intuitively assessible and it runs off of an internal battery.
They are both compromised in cold and wet conditions.
I prefer the CED 7000 right now due to form factor (I stick a piece of velcro to the back of it so I can easily stick it to my earpro/gear/clothing) and having some more specific options of operation than the CED unit. The CED unit seems to be a bit more robust as long as it is kept above freezing and dry.
I have and use the same two as F2S and have about the same complaints although I don’t know anything about freezing. I also think there’s a ppii now that beeps instead of buzzes.
I tend to default to my ppii mostly because it’s bigger and harder for me to lose. In fact, now that I think about it, I know exactly where that is and haven’t a clue where my ced is.
I only use a Pocket Pro II and cannot really compare other timers. I note about the PPII is that it has worked well for about the 4 years that I have owned it. Buzzer does not sound as nice as some others I have heard but it is loud and that is often what I need. Buttons are large and easy to manipulate even with gloves. Screen is large and there are various settings for screen layout. I will also note that when it gets wet I have had the LCD go blank. Thought I fried it, but when it dried out it kept working. Did this more than once.
If you have a smart phone you can download timer app for free. Just another option…
I have used this with zero success.
I use the Surefire timer app on my iphone and it works fine…even when shooting .22’s.
First off I should have said in first post have no exp with I-phone timers, I had seen these youtube vids for the surefire (and since its surefire) thought would relay suggestion… Man I was really wanting an I-phone just for this, hope someone else more helpfull will chime in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npPIoioQTXY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdR_dYQkw
The timer apps suck.
The mic is just not right for the application, and they drain your phone way faster than a real timer.
I have used mine for dry drills though.
I don’t have a smart phone - so that is out of the running. I will look at the pocket pro II. I wonder what the difference between the Pocket Pro and Pocket Pro II are.
Thanks
I’ve had a Pocket Pro (like the one shown in your link) for years. I still like it.
The original Pocket Pro uses a 1980’s digital display, does splits, shot counts, par times and a random or instant start. It only displays one bit of data on the screen at any given time.
The sensitivity is adjusted using a fine screwdriver and the battery connector one of the old pin & socket connectors on the end of red and black wires.
Its a pretty simple device and pretty simple to use.
One of the local clubs also used them for matches until about three years ago when they switched to PPIIs.
The newer model has a dot matrix display which is back-lit.
The instantaneous display is larger than the old one but the split times are shown several at once in finer print.
All the adjustments like sensitivity, par time, inst/delay etc. are accomplished using the buttons which means cycling through menus and keying up what you want.
The contacts for the 9V are spring clips which are prone to being bent (and losing contact) if the timer slips free and hits the ground.
It has a low battery indicator.
The big 2, pactIII and pro, tend to find the ground pretty easily when I use them when moving.
If I knew the first thing about starting an electronics company, I would because there is a need for one that works,is simple,is rugged, and works.
I just bought a CE 7000 based off threads on this forum. I tried it out today and it worked very well. I did not attempt anything crazy, just basic stuff.