Lab Radar - Buy once Cry once or just get the G2?

[pjb45]

Our club has LabRadar.  

Easy to set up and use for the most part.  It has a lot of features that are nice. Reading the setup manual is recommended to understand all the features.  

Buy an extra battery storage device if you plan on using it for a match, otherwise take the batteries out when storing--someone didn't.

 

The other day I set up the LabRadar and compared the results with two other brands: Chrony (2) and CED M2.

 

One Chrony was spot on with the LabRadar.  The second Chrony was slightly faster.  My CED was statistically different -- Faster.

 

So going to Nationals this year I erred on the side of slower velocities and bumped up the VV320 from 3.8 to 4.1 grs to achieve a 131 PF.

[Tunachaser]

My club uses two LabRadars and takes the fastest, so even within the same manufacturer there is variation.

[SneakyPayload]

Necropost, but plus 1 for lab radar, but also magnetospeed. I have both and the magnetospeed goes with me to chrono my rifles for matches and I use the lab radar when I’m working up loads for shooting. 

[9mikemike]

Thank you for all the info in this thread. I have an old chrono which uses a card board with a small hole to shoot through that I am using for pistol round and occasional airsoft for my son. It reads pretty accurately but the card board has seen better days. 
I might try my hands on the labradar. Time to start saving.