LabRadar is taking pre-orders

[Dave Bob]

LabRadar is taking PRE-ORDERs for Late Sept/ Early October (US & Canada only)

559.00

Dave

[Jakal]

Still? I thought this was going to be out earlier this year, and units had already shipped?

[NugginFutz]

from the email, this afternoon ...

TCK, LLC the exclusive distributors for LabRadar has recently received the first shipment. These units have all been sold to shooters, forensic centers, law enforcement agencies and writers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Infinition, Inc., the manufacturer of LabRadar anticipates another shipment to TCK in early October. These units will be sold on a first come, first serve basis to individuals and all authorized dealers in the U.S and Canada. You can now complete your pre-order on our website www.buymylabradar.com. Credit cards will not be charged until the units are ready to ship. PayPal payments are charged immediately.

Orders from other countries will not be accepted at this time, but sales to other countries will follow soon.

Infinition, Inc. will be updating their website www.mylabradar.com soon.

All questions should be directed to info@mylabradar.com or 316-866-2525 (8-5, M-F, CST)

[Klem]

Has anyone on this forum used Labradar?

Interested to hear an opinion on it from someone impartial.

[Variable]

I'm with you Klem. I'd like to see reviews from owners come rolling in.


At first blush, I'm not as enthused as about it as I originally was. I still think it's going to be pretty darn neat, but I was hoping for longer reading ranges on rifle projectiles. I might hold out a couple years and hope for a MkII version to come out. Perhaps a tweak or optimization here or there will allow it to read 6.5 projos to at least 100 yards/meters.

[terrywick4]

I read somewhere that the fcc stepped in and made them lower the power and it will only read a projectile out to 60 yards on a good day.

[terrywick4]

As soon as this post came out I ordered on of these. Got email last week that a small part is back ordered until December and that the sept/oct run was going to be limited. I emailed and found out that I am 150 past the cut off. . . pretty disappointed being I was on the pre-buy list from the beginning ( 2 years + ago) and wasn't offered on the first batch and now won't be in on the second batch.. . I think I screwed up and should have gotten the magnetospeed 2 years ago.

[DRandi]

Same boat here. From what I'm seeing people are starting to walk away because it keeps getting pushed back, and back, and back....






David

[IceAxe]

I did get one on order a while back and will let you know if and when it shows up.

Another limitation I have heard about is that boat tails are harder to track, which would make sense with the trapezoidal shape at the rear of the bullet reflecting the signal at a divergent angle to the receiver, I can see that would reduce the sectional area for a return. But even if it only tracks it 60 feet for a 6 or 6.5 mm projectile, that would still be better the results I am getting with my Chrony. We will just have to see.

[cory]

Just throwing this out there. I wouldn't buy any stock in this company. Between their problem with getting their product to a consumer and a design that I feel will likely be out dated in the near future, when a competitor puts out a cheaper more effective product. Their decision to use radar was ingenious. However, everything past that seems to be poorly thought out.

I for one have a concept in my head (somewhat on paper) that would be more effective, more adaptive, and I suspect cheaper. I just don't have the time, funding, or time to build a prototype. If anyone here would like to back me. hahaha

[Klem]

Cory I have to agree with you.

I had high hopes for something that would solve the disadvantages of existing velocity measurers - low light (Chrony), subsonic (Superchrono) and something hanging off your barrel (Magnetospeed). The idea you can shoot away at any target down range and get a velocity whether you want one or not appeals.

But, if they still can't get their retail act together after two years then warning bells are going off. Life and technology moves on. I hope they're not holding up more efficient firms with any Patents.

[NugginFutz]

Klem, Cory... +1

IIRC, one of their production delays (not related to FCC forcing a redesign on power output) had to do with one of their principal engineers being out for illness or other reasons over a critical period of time. While I admire their candor in revealing this information in a press release, I believe it shows they are only "one deep" at some key positions. Not a good strategic move, at all. It leaves them quite vulnerable to the Bus scenario.