ProChrono vs Caldwell chronograph?

[Mr Fluffy Tail]

yeah they can be finicky on lighting, i keep putting off the light kit on my caldwell, its alot of cheddar lol. .. i know i can set it up on my desk by the south window and shoot over it about a foot away out the window between about 9am and 12 and the lighting is good enough to give 100% solid readings when i need some data on a gun .. so its like that .. 9v only battery power was another nuisance, but i did buy a cheap recgargeable 9v battery set with 4 batteries on ebay so that works out good for several things around the house ..

[airrob]

I had the ProChrono DLX and it mostly worked okay.  It went on the fritz and I bought the LMBR Shooting chronograph instead.
https://lmbr.pl/products.html

I think the overall design is better and more reliable.

[Back_Roads]

 A larger plastic ammo box makes a great carry container for a crony.

[Turbinator]

I had the ProChrono DLX and it mostly worked okay.  It went on the fritz and I bought the LMBR Shooting chronograph instead.
https://lmbr.pl/products.html

I think the overall design is better and more reliable.

Did you try to get any warranty support for the ProChrono DLX?

Turby

[Turbinator]

A larger plastic ammo box makes a great carry container for a crony.

Thanks, I was looking around at Gator Cases but they all cost more than the actual Competition Electronics carry bag.  I'll look around!

Turby

[airrob]

Did you try to get any warranty support for the ProChrono DLX?

Out of warranty, so no.

Besides, I wanted to try something different.  My new one runs completely on batteries, unlike the setup required to get that ProChrono working and a plug needed for the light adapter.  I find myself using the LMBR more often because it's so portable and just needs to be switched on.

[Ribbonstone]

It’s mostly about extra cost “add on” stuff.  Have to say, the lighting kits were a bit of a PIA to set up.
Considering the cost of add on’s,,,depends on what level you want.  Blue tooth to your phone/computer?  Night lighting? Direct to a mini-printer?

I can still run a pencil...so all I really needed was numbers and the ability to get those numbers even in the dark (like is adjusting/shooting in the shop or at night).

Considering cost...rather than lighting kit, bought one of the clamp on the muzzle China-cheapo mini units for $33-$35 on Amazon (cheaper can be had).

Tested, here was a max 1.1% difference in velocity readings.  Oddly the faster one was not always the same one.  Likely if I tested two of the same brand/model chronograph, would find about the same difference.

DSCN2817 by Robert Dean, on Flickr

Time passes….ended up using the  cheap clamp to the barrel mini exclusively.

[airrob]

Time passes….ended up using the  cheap clamp to the barrel mini exclusively.

Do you find that changes your POI?

[Ribbonstone]

On some guns..yes, it  will shift POI an a little, but it’s a consistent shift.  On others, they don’t care.

I do even worse...will clamp the little unit sideways to get it out of the scope’s field of view and both plink and save readings (it will hold up to 40 shots in memory).

Really like the little cheap units, although I give up firearms use/blue tooth.

1. Haven’t found a way to accidentally shoot one.
2. Doesn’t matter what direction you shoot, so no set up/alignment/restricted shooting direction.
3. Works day or night/inside or outside.
4. recharges from a USB port.

About 2 years of use so far...no signs the battery is going to give up (yet), no problems. The ProChorny shown in the picture pretty much collects dust.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I have a ProChrono and a Caldwell Ballistic Precision Kit. I bought the Caldwell in 2020? maybe?? it's been a while anyway. I just unboxed it and tried it today. It does not have Bluetooth, but it works well with both my LG 10" tablet and my Motorola Z4 phone.
I like that on the ProChrono I can cycle through stats on it's screen whereas on my Caldwell all you can see is the last shot unless you have the App opened up. Anyway they both have + and - aspects. I do think a newer model with Bluetooth would be nicer but really unnecessary for me since I have these two. I also have a small Chinese chrono that works pretty well too.

Between a Caldwell and ProChrono I think it's a toss up. 

The ProChrono I have has it's own printer, which is nice too. Opps, Nope it is my Shooting Chrony that has the printer. I had for got about the Shooting Chrony. It works well too.
I may have too much stuff, LOL.