I didn’t really go to the range, just in my back yard. I got my new Garmin Xero chrono and wanted to try it out, so I got out my air rifle and shot a few rounds.
The Garmin is even smaller than I thought it would be, it is tiny. It will fit in my pants pocket even with the folded tripod attached.
With my Labradar, I would have to use an external sensor to pick up the air rifle firing, but not with the Garmin. It picked up the shots with no problem.
Even though it has a smaller screen and fewer buttons, the user interface is much easier to navigate than the Labradar. For me, the Labradar is a real pain to use without the phone app. The Garmin is very useable without the app, I can see myself only using the app to extract the session data when I get home. On the other hand, the Labradar has a SD memory card that I can read the information from with my laptop.
The Labradar does have one advantage that I have used a few times. It stores data for each shot, which includes the velocity as it goes downrange. It can read 223 bullets past 50 yards, and 45 caliber bullet much farther. I would say 99% of the users will probably never use this information, but I have found it useful.
Garmin really did their homework with this product.