| ARCHERY & PAINTBALL |
Archery and Paintball use low velocity projectiles.
Indoor lights and muzzle blast interfere with these measurement.
Most chronographs are
designed to work outdoors and indoors with incandescent light bulbs.
If you ever purchased an
indoor light fixture for your chronograph, then you probably noticed that it uses
incandescent light bulbs.
Most commercially available incandescent light bulbs emit a small amount of flicker that the eye can not detect, but it interferes with low velocity measurements. Practically all chronographs that we know use electronic filters to cope with this problem. However, these filters reduce the ability to measure accurately low velocity. This is the reason why some manufacturers sell special units for archery, which they call "Archery Chronographs". These units use less filtering to allow a better detection of low velocity projectiles.
Please note, that paintball falls into the category of low speed projectile and one should therefore use "Archery Chronograph".
These "Archery Chronographs", contrary to their claim, are not really able to measure low velocities effectively. You can check your chronograph's archery capability by dragging your hand over the sensors at about 3 to 4 feet/sec (indoors or outdoors). You will notice that practically none of the competing units are able to measure your hand's velocity.
We have solved this problem by designing a new generation chronograph that even in Non-Archery mode will detect velocities down to 3 feet/sec. When you set our chronograph into "Archery Mode", then you get a "True-Archery-Paintball" capability. No other chronograph has this feature.
However, a True-Archery-Paintball mode does not work with incandescent light bulbs that use AC power. If a True-Archery-Paintball mode is required for indoors, then you must provide a DC power to your light bulbs. We will eventually provide a cost-effective solution for this problem, using the new solid state LEDs.
Our units, even in normal mode, outperform any competing
"Archery-Chronograph".
To test it, move your hand over the
sensors at about 3 feet/sec. Just make sure that you have sufficient light,
incandescent or sunlight. If our chronograph fails to detect your hand's
velocity, we will refund your money when you return the unit (less shipping
cost). The unit must be returned within 6 weeks of purchase date.
Our chronographs allow you to select "True Archery" or a "Normal" mode,
by simply pressing a few keys. To do the same with competing
chronographs, you have to buy 2 units, one for "Archery" and one for "Normal"
use.
Also, our chronograph will work with just two simple light bulbs. You do not need to buy special light fixtures (there is an exception when using "True Archery" mode).