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Thread: Anyone bought one of those cheap Chinese chronys off that auction site?

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    Anyone bought one of those cheap Chinese chronys off that auction site?

    I have a Combro but I need a F1 chrony style to better suit some of my guns, seen these below direct from China at £50 posted.

    eg item # 264143252204

    Anyone bought one?

    And I know it's cheap and some will say get a Skan or a F1 but money's blooming tight at present and I just shot my Combro again yesterday trying to use it with pistols it's not designed for...!

    Really interested if anyone has *actually* bought and tried one.
    Max; looking for: Baikal IZH 61 side lever rifle

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    Cheap measuring equiptment .

    Rarely worth bothering with . IME.

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    Hmmm...

    They have copied a lot of their description from the competition electronics site in the USA, even going so far as to refer to their unit as a 'prochrono'!!!

    https://www.competitionelectronics.c...hrono-digital/

    Obviously this doesn't allude to it's functionality, but it's downright dirty Chinese ripoff at its worst.
    Donald

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    No, but what I have just ordered from AliExpress is a chrono for £18 delivered. I'm awaiting delivery currently, but previous purchasers have run them with Chrono's for comparison with good results (see UKCAF threads)

    Now on t'bay

    232979489615
    Last edited by CapitalBee; 15-02-2019 at 11:45 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CapitalBee View Post
    No, but what I have just ordered from AliExpress is a chrono for £18 delivered. I'm awaiting delivery currently, but previous purchasers have run them with Chrono's for comparison with good results (see UKCAF threads)

    Now on t'bay

    232979489615
    Can you provide a link please ?

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    I know some will say ‘cheap Chinese crap’ but as we all know the innards of most ‘Western’ electronics come from China so no reason it won’t work fine and reliably without a big name on the cover. I don’t think the F1 is renowned for its component quality either but just seems to be the default and expensive choice.

    As I say though interested to hear directly from those who have actually used one?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bighit View Post
    Can you provide a link please ?
    Pop the item number given into that site. That’s *very* cheap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CapitalBee View Post
    No, but what I have just ordered from AliExpress is a chrono for £18 delivered. I'm awaiting delivery currently, but previous purchasers have run them with Chrono's for comparison with good results (see UKCAF threads)

    Now on t'bay

    232979489615
    Just ordered one too bud, it would be wrong not to at that price thanks for the heads up. I too am fed up of murdering combros like the Pillock i am lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldinio View Post
    Just ordered one too bud, it would be wrong not to at that price thanks for the heads up. I too am fed up of murdering combros like the Pillock i am lol

    Chris
    My reasoning exactly

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    I shot mine again this week. I am not too keen on the super cheap £18 one as it looks like the barrel needs to be clamped but I'll take a punt on the £50 F1 style and report back on how it works out. I'll also compare it to my Combro - once I have sent it back to Robin for repair (again)...
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    Quote Originally Posted by CapitalBee View Post
    No, but what I have just ordered from AliExpress is a chrono for £18 delivered. I'm awaiting delivery currently, but previous purchasers have run them with Chrono's for comparison with good results (see UKCAF threads)

    Now on t'bay

    232979489615
    Thanks for posting that link - I bought one yesterday as well, well worth a punt at that price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harvey_s View Post
    Thanks for posting that link - I bought one yesterday as well, well worth a punt at that price.
    Me too, as you can't loose to much at that price.

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    Just looked at the item on that site and noticed that the max projectile weight is 10g.

    If that is grammes then o.k. but if grains then not much use??

    Ken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baffled View Post
    Just looked at the item on that site and noticed that the max projectile weight is 10g.

    If that is grammes then o.k. but if grains then not much use??

    Ken.
    It's grams. Mine turned up today, a week after order.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CapitalBee View Post
    It's grams. Mine turned up today, a week after order.
    Can you post up a mini review? I'm sure many of us will be keen to know how it checks out in function and performance.
    Max; looking for: Baikal IZH 61 side lever rifle

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