Here is my experience with Bushnells many years ago. Only get a Bushnell from a local store. I had to return 2 of them. They work well most of the time. I had to use only Coppertop batteries. No-name batteries would show crazy readings - 200 mph or 10 mph. If you store this thing in the heat (your garage) the outside of it will become gooey and unusable.
The Ball Coach Pocket Radar is probably the best value for most people. $299 They are as accurate as Stalkers.
The MOST important thing for any radar gun is to make sure it shows you the slowest and fastest reading. Only this way can you decide if the reading is accurate. Ex. a pitch will slow 6-10 mph from hand to home plate. So if you don't have both readings, you will have no idea where along the path that reading was taken. So a gun only shows you 50mph, you have no idea if it was out of the hand or at the plate.
The Bushnell version that I had will show both readings. All of them don't. Be very careful with miodel numbers, and return it if it's the wrong one.
These Stalkers show both readings - Sport2 $500, Pro2 for $1200. They are fun/helpful to know if your kid is a pitcher and you are the instructor.
The ball coach version tries to mitigate this with Continous mode, but only shows the fastest reading. It seems to work well, see video
The Ball Coach Pocket Radar is probably the best value for most people. $299 They are as accurate as Stalkers.
The MOST important thing for any radar gun is to make sure it shows you the slowest and fastest reading. Only this way can you decide if the reading is accurate. Ex. a pitch will slow 6-10 mph from hand to home plate. So if you don't have both readings, you will have no idea where along the path that reading was taken. So a gun only shows you 50mph, you have no idea if it was out of the hand or at the plate.
The Bushnell version that I had will show both readings. All of them don't. Be very careful with miodel numbers, and return it if it's the wrong one.
These Stalkers show both readings - Sport2 $500, Pro2 for $1200. They are fun/helpful to know if your kid is a pitcher and you are the instructor.
The ball coach version tries to mitigate this with Continous mode, but only shows the fastest reading. It seems to work well, see video
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