Yeah, so I see how that might look. Not spreading Garmin 'FUD', spreading "it's not the only option" because it bothers me when there's an assumed single choice (see my previous remark about Dillonophiles), and flat out incorrect information (comparing the Garmin to the LabRadar V1 instead of the LX, which is the obvious current Garmin alternative along with the Andiscan V3). Having said that, I should perhaps take the implicit advice in this and just move on:
I joined to a) help me figure out 6mm GT, a new-to-me calibre and b) to learn generally about state of the art in longer range shooting, because I've been out of the game for a bunch of years. Those missions were accomplished, there's a fairly high signal-to-noise ratio here, as compared to many other gun forae.
And its "From Canada, eh?". Had there been anything nefarious going on, most likely my profile would have said United States.
You’re the guy that has never even tried the Garmin, right? Doing what you’re doing is literally the very definition of spreading FUD.
Even if you don’t think you’re doing it.
All I know is the Labradar (big orange one) has a horrible reputation compared to the Garmin, based upon many many posts all over the internet. I read that stuff and went, “Naw.”
Same with the Andiscan. The “Charged twice as much for a product much that works half the time” quote below rings through my head.
I have to admit that a larger company behind this excites me a lot more than a startup in another country charging twice as much for a product that only works half the time...
Perhaps Andiscan has reduced prices and improved performance? I wasn’t going to take a chance.
Meanwhile there sure are a lot of glowing reviews of the Garmin.
The reason people went over to the Garmin in the first place was the poor LR customer service (incl. lack of
timely updates) and comparatively poor performance of the big orange unit.
Contrary to your “not valid” comment, both the are
very valid reasons to write off the LX and any future consumer product Infinition produces
forever.
Because reputation oft carries more weight than raw product performance.
Just like it does when judging people.
You strike me as a fellow that lets logic primarily rule the day, because you seemingly don’t understand this very human operating principal.
Well, that and the fact you used an xkcd comic to illustrate a point lol
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The best way to express your love for the LX (and to warn about assuming there is one best chrono) is to make your own thread that houses your in-depth review of the LX.
Simply reminding people to keep their minds open while their Garmin’s work with little fuss and Garmin’s tech support is responsive and you, for some reason, don’t try the Garmin and have well over half of your posts around this matter (now ~62%)…well…it just makes you look the fool.
Even if you aren’t.