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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 451158" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>having never used a CED, I personally can't say much about them. But I can safely say the old PC2 is probably better than any chronograph you mentioned with one exception, and that difference is so minute that you can forget about it. The newer Pact with the inferred system is the best period. Has the best software package on the market. The basic box needs a couple small upgrades to make it a killer unit (two USB ports, and an SD / Compact Flash card reader slot). </p><p> </p><p>The Ohler #35 is a great chronograph. Well built with the junkiest mount on the market. If you use the Square Peg mounting system you also add another $300 to an already too high of a price. No one has yet to prove the third cell to be of any serious value. This unit is for the guys that won Power Ball the week before. The difference between the Ohler 35 and the old Pact PC2 is about one fourth of one percent (.0025%), and yet you still do not know which one is right. (there is no sure fire way to calibrate any chronograph). Shooting the two units side by side one soon finds out that if one throws a round out, the other does as well</p><p> </p><p>One thing consistent about Shooting Cronys at the range is the guys are always adjusting them. Seem to have an oddball shot on a regular basis. Move all over the place due to muzzel blast. But they do setup fast. </p><p> </p><p>I can set the Pact up in about ten minutes and not be in a hurry. The Ohler will take at least three times that to get it right. I do like the spread of the cells better with the Ohler than the others, but once again I can't see an advantage in the readings. The Ohler is really too big to use with one tripod, but onthe otherhand is slightly more ridgid with two tripods once you finally get it aligned with the flight path. I have not used the Pact XP yet, and cannot say for sure just how stiff their new light bar is. The old one was extremely ridgid, and yet worked well with a camera tripod</p><p> </p><p>Guess it's like Fords and Chevys in the end, and we all have opinions. But I'll take a Pact or an Ohler over all the rest anyday of the week</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 451158, member: 25383"] having never used a CED, I personally can't say much about them. But I can safely say the old PC2 is probably better than any chronograph you mentioned with one exception, and that difference is so minute that you can forget about it. The newer Pact with the inferred system is the best period. Has the best software package on the market. The basic box needs a couple small upgrades to make it a killer unit (two USB ports, and an SD / Compact Flash card reader slot). The Ohler #35 is a great chronograph. Well built with the junkiest mount on the market. If you use the Square Peg mounting system you also add another $300 to an already too high of a price. No one has yet to prove the third cell to be of any serious value. This unit is for the guys that won Power Ball the week before. The difference between the Ohler 35 and the old Pact PC2 is about one fourth of one percent (.0025%), and yet you still do not know which one is right. (there is no sure fire way to calibrate any chronograph). Shooting the two units side by side one soon finds out that if one throws a round out, the other does as well One thing consistent about Shooting Cronys at the range is the guys are always adjusting them. Seem to have an oddball shot on a regular basis. Move all over the place due to muzzel blast. But they do setup fast. I can set the Pact up in about ten minutes and not be in a hurry. The Ohler will take at least three times that to get it right. I do like the spread of the cells better with the Ohler than the others, but once again I can't see an advantage in the readings. The Ohler is really too big to use with one tripod, but onthe otherhand is slightly more ridgid with two tripods once you finally get it aligned with the flight path. I have not used the Pact XP yet, and cannot say for sure just how stiff their new light bar is. The old one was extremely ridgid, and yet worked well with a camera tripod Guess it's like Fords and Chevys in the end, and we all have opinions. But I'll take a Pact or an Ohler over all the rest anyday of the week gary [/QUOTE]
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