Garmin Xero C1 Pro Chronograph

[dbc603]

I've had one for a few weeks now, and though I haven't been able to shoot over it a whole lot, I already feel comfortable recommending it. I wrote up a short review for my website (link here), but the bottom line is that it does work as advertised. It is absolutely stupid simple to set up and use, is incredibly lightweight and portable, and I have had zero issues with it. Its single drawback is the cost, but in my opinion it is worth every penny. The term "game changer" gets thrown around a lot, but in this case I think it is deserved. I could really see it being a boon to match directors who want to take a lot of the headaches out of setting up a chrono stage.

[Nathanb]

I’ve got one that I’ve not gotten out yet. I’m stoked about it though

[Haywizzle]

Good write up! I agree it's a game changer. I was considering lab radar but once I learned about the Garmin I had to have it. 

 

I even got lucky and caught it in stock online at Bass Pro shop while they were running a 10% off ship to store deal. I got it shipped to a New Hampshire Bass Pro so there was no sales tax. And to top it off I bought a bunch of gift cards at discount to use. $503 all in! I got to pick it up after I shot a PCSL match at Sig Sauer the weekend after Thanksgiving. I got super lucky.

 

I ended up buying a cheap ARCA to camera mount off Amazon so I could mount it directly to a couple of my rifles. Works great on the tripod too. I've already been a bad influence to a few of my friends that have also picked it up after seeing it in action.

 

[Nathanb]

I’d be curious how it holds up to recoil. 

[Haywizzle]

9 minutes ago, Nathanb said:

I’d be curious how it holds up to recoil. 

The week I bought it, I read this 40+ page thread on Sniper's Hide and that very question was debated. One user brought up that Garmin's own media people were using the Area419 mount during the unveiling so it can't be all that bad. Time will tell of course. I think the majority of my shooting I will use the tripod, but it's a neat setup for engaging different targets at different angles without repositioning the chrono. I don't think the Gucci mounts are worth it for most. If it did go tits up, I'd hope a huge company like Garmin would make it right.

[Boomstick303]

1 hour ago, Haywizzle said:

I ended up buying a cheap ARCA to camera mount off Amazon so I could mount it directly to a couple of my rifles. Works great on the tripod too. I've already been a bad influence to a few of my friends that have also picked it up after seeing it in action.

 

Does it work in that configuration?   It looks like it is mounted too far back from the muzzle according the the diagram in the Garmin, when you create a session.  

 

There has been a bunch of video's to which people are using a similar mount.  It is my understanding that the mount was made in collaboration with Area 419 specifically for that Garmin, so I would think Garmin would have mentioned if it would not hold up to recoil, but as someone mentioned I guess time will tell.  

 

 

[Haywizzle]

3 minutes ago, Boomstick303 said:

 

Does it work in that configuration?   It looks like it is mounted too far back from the muzzle according the the diagram in the Garmin, when you create a session.  

 

There has been a bunch of video's to which people are using a similar mount.  It is my understanding that the mount was made in collaboration with Area 419 specifically for that Garmin, so I would think Garmin would have mentioned if it would not hold up to recoil, but as someone mentioned I guess time will tell.  

 

 

I'm not sure as I've been the range twice with it and have only used the tripod so far.

 

It might be mounted too far back in that picture. The instructions say 5-15 inches behind the muzzle and that my barrel is 24 inches. I will play around with it soon. Worst case, I will have to move the m- lok to ARCA adapter a few slots forward.

[MoNsTeR]

I just used mine for the first time. IT'S SO GOOD!

 

Works great indoors. It will pick up shots from the next lane over. When there was a shooter to my right, if I set the Garmin on the left edge of my booth, it stopped picking them up (and vice-versa). For my shots, it worked equally well regardless of where I set it.

 

If I'm nitpicking, I wish it was a tiny bit faster in "analyzing the shot", but it's really no slower than waiting for the beep from my Pact Mk4. Also it would be great if the app showed power factor so I didn't have to flip over to a calculator.

[sharko]

Found something else irritating about this thing. Sure you can export strings with email or bluetooth or whatever but you have to do them one at a time as far as I can tell. Also I liked the feature that you can name/label your sessions, just that the export doesn't contain that part. 

[RangerTrace]

Love mine so far.  Zero complaints.

[MoNsTeR]

17 hours ago, sharko said:

Found something else irritating about this thing. Sure you can export strings with email or bluetooth or whatever but you have to do them one at a time as far as I can tell. Also I liked the feature that you can name/label your sessions, just that the export doesn't contain that part. 

I exported some data the other day, using the Android app -> Google Drive, and the files do contain the session names, just not in a convenient way.

 

Here's a sample "CSV" file in its entirety. It's not remotely a standards-compliant CSV file. The first row has the session name, second row has headers (there's a weird unicode character right before "#" that may not appear), then data, then extra stuff at the bottom.

 

What it definitely doesn't do is put the session name in the file name which is what I'd prefer. By default it names every file "Exported CSV" or something useless like that. Tedious.

 

Quote

32H&R, 3.0gr Red Dot, 100.0 gr
#,Speed (FPS),Δ AVG (FPS),KE (FT-LBS),Power Factor (kgr⋅ft/s),Time,Clean Bore,Cold Bore,Shot Notes
1,781.8,-136.9,135.7,78.2,19:23:01,,,
2,822.0,-96.7,150.0,82.2,19:23:07,,,
3,847.6,-71.1,159.5,84.8,19:23:12,,,
4,928.4,9.7,191.4,92.8,19:23:18,,,
5,912.7,-6.0,185.0,91.3,19:23:24,,,
6,956.3,37.6,203.0,95.6,19:23:33,,,
7,957.3,38.6,203.5,95.7,19:23:40,,,
8,924.2,5.5,189.6,92.4,19:23:46,,,
9,961.9,43.2,205.4,96.2,19:23:51,,,
10,966.5,47.8,207.4,96.7,19:24:41,,,
11,962.5,43.8,205.7,96.3,19:24:49,,,
12,946.2,27.5,198.8,94.6,19:24:56,,,
13,937.9,19.2,195.3,93.8,19:25:01,,,
14,943.2,24.5,197.5,94.3,19:25:06,,,
15,939.1,20.4,195.8,93.9,19:25:12,,,
16,816.0,-102.7,147.8,81.6,19:25:49,,,
17,827.8,-90.9,152.1,82.8,19:26:01,,,
18,815.8,-102.9,147.8,81.6,19:26:07,,,
19,800.6,-118.1,142.3,80.1,19:26:12,,,
20,947.6,28.9,199.4,94.8,19:26:39,,,
21,917.4,-1.3,186.8,91.7,19:26:47,,,
22,939.9,21.2,196.1,94.0,19:26:54,,,
23,964.0,45.3,206.3,96.4,19:27:01,,,
24,974.9,56.2,211.0,97.5,19:27:09,,,
25,932.2,13.5,192.9,93.2,19:27:16,,,
26,946.1,27.4,198.7,94.6,19:28:22,,,
27,952.7,34.0,201.5,95.3,19:28:28,,,
28,977.5,58.8,212.1,97.8,19:28:34,,,
29,941.6,22.9,196.8,94.2,19:28:40,,,
30,970.9,52.2,209.3,97.1,19:28:45,,,
31,966.8,48.1,207.5,96.7,19:29:05,,,
-,,,,,,
AVERAGE SPEED,918.7,,,,,
AVERAGE POWER FACTOR,91.9,,,,,
STD DEV,58.3,,,,,
SPREAD,195.7,,,,,
Projectile Weight (GRAINS),"100.0",,,,,
Session Note,"32H&R, 3.0gr Red Dot, Missouri 100gr, Ruger Bisley ",,,,,
-,,,,,,
Date,"FEBRUARY 29, 2024 19:22",,,,,
All shots included in the calculations,,,,,,

 

[sharko]

1 hour ago, MoNsTeR said:

I exported some data the other day, using the Android app -> Google Drive, and the files do contain the session names, just not in a convenient way.

 

Here's a sample "CSV" file in its entirety. It's not remotely a standards-compliant CSV file. The first row has the session name, second row has headers (there's a weird unicode character right before "#" that may not appear), then data, then extra stuff at the bottom.

 

What it definitely doesn't do is put the session name in the file name which is what I'd prefer. By default it names every file "Exported CSV" or something useless like that. Tedious.

 

 

That is really weird, I opened the files with notepad and didn't see the session name, then I wondered it Excel screwed them up. So I transferred one again and not only did it have the name it was titled with the name plus date time info.

 

Like 1st_xc_43_n340_2024-03-20_12-02-10.csv   Well it left off the dot in 4.3 but that's a file naming convention.