RU Ready speed timers --Canada ??
- Thread starter thunderflash
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- Location
- Halifax - NS
Order direct - http://www.ruready.com/
They're in Kingston, Ontario.
They're in Kingston, Ontario.
- Location
- Halifax - NS
I disagree here. I find the 7000 ridiculously overloaded with stuff you don't need and not as sturdy.
Also, RU Ready is Canadian and Jack supports the Sport here.
(Sponsored the Nats.)
Jack supporting the shooting sports is nice and all, but I still think his product is crap compared to the 7000. Especially when it comes to training and practice. But I also hate using it for matches. On top of that his after sales support sucks. I've sent him numerous emails, phoned him and talked to him in person twice, and have yet to receive the parts I ordered. CED gets me my stuff in less than a week.
As for the 8000 not a fan of the "Transformer" either. Although it does have a lot of useful functions on it. Just too big IMHO.
As for the 8000 not a fan of the "Transformer" either. Although it does have a lot of useful functions on it. Just too big IMHO.
- Location
- Drayton Valley, AB
Our club uses RU Ready timers (12 units) and they work fine! Service from them is fantastic. I sent a 4 yr old unit back for repair and then ordered another timer, We were not charged for the repair or return shipping!!!
- Location
- East ontario
little yellow box is all you need for matches, simple and easy to use.
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OK, since i am a RUReady dealer my remarks might be a bit prejudice but here goes.
first off i own a number of timers. i have a PACT Mark IV, a CED 7000 (OK it is really Cathy's,) a CED 8000 and two RUReadys. My pact is a BIG unit. not easy to hold in the hand. However it is great to hang off of your pocket for practise when you are an old guy with bad eyes. easy to read when it is hanging there and nice big buttons to push for as long as you can remember which button to push because the wording is in teeny whinny lettering. having the chrono built into it is a bonus. it uses a 9 volt battery.
The CED 7000 is a nice personal timer. however it is hard to read the display with polarized sun glasses on. even with sunglasses on i find it hard to read having to wave it back and forth to find the spot where i can read it (remember the old eyes as stated above.) i have used them at a match with the remote read and the remote read is finicky to say the least. i wouldn't trust it and the last time i used one at a match i gave up after the first squad. about the only features i have used on it are the random start, review strings and sensitivity (great for indoors.) You cannot start it without hitting review so that does prevent accidentally losing a reading at a match and if you do you can review the previous string. the rechargeable only function is a royal pain as i find it is always dead when i want to use it and since my range is 2 minutes away there is not enough time to charge it while driving over. the 12 volt adaptor is a must for it.
I like my 8000. it has a nice big display and big buttons. i can hang it off of my pocket run through my mags when i am practising, then go back to the bench and review my strings and record the results to see where i am weak. it has the adjustable sensitivity for indoor use. like the 7000 you must hit review before activating it again. it uses a 9 volt battery.
The RUReady timers are a nice basic timer. with the addition of the sensitivity control it can now be used indoors and out. the display is a tad small but is readable at slightly less then arms length. it does take a bit to know how to use the buttons for advance operation but for most normal functions i.e. review it is straight forward. it to uses a 9 volt battery. about the only complaint i have with it is the dead man start on it. however with normal range commands it usually resets before you are ready to use it. i have never had a problem with getting hold of Jack. when i was SC for Alberta i regularly sent timers back for repairs numerous times. some times they were repaired for nothing other times they were repaired for postage and once in awhile i had to pay Jack full price. in all of my dealing i found his prices to be more then fair.
first off i own a number of timers. i have a PACT Mark IV, a CED 7000 (OK it is really Cathy's,) a CED 8000 and two RUReadys. My pact is a BIG unit. not easy to hold in the hand. However it is great to hang off of your pocket for practise when you are an old guy with bad eyes. easy to read when it is hanging there and nice big buttons to push for as long as you can remember which button to push because the wording is in teeny whinny lettering. having the chrono built into it is a bonus. it uses a 9 volt battery.
The CED 7000 is a nice personal timer. however it is hard to read the display with polarized sun glasses on. even with sunglasses on i find it hard to read having to wave it back and forth to find the spot where i can read it (remember the old eyes as stated above.) i have used them at a match with the remote read and the remote read is finicky to say the least. i wouldn't trust it and the last time i used one at a match i gave up after the first squad. about the only features i have used on it are the random start, review strings and sensitivity (great for indoors.) You cannot start it without hitting review so that does prevent accidentally losing a reading at a match and if you do you can review the previous string. the rechargeable only function is a royal pain as i find it is always dead when i want to use it and since my range is 2 minutes away there is not enough time to charge it while driving over. the 12 volt adaptor is a must for it.
I like my 8000. it has a nice big display and big buttons. i can hang it off of my pocket run through my mags when i am practising, then go back to the bench and review my strings and record the results to see where i am weak. it has the adjustable sensitivity for indoor use. like the 7000 you must hit review before activating it again. it uses a 9 volt battery.
The RUReady timers are a nice basic timer. with the addition of the sensitivity control it can now be used indoors and out. the display is a tad small but is readable at slightly less then arms length. it does take a bit to know how to use the buttons for advance operation but for most normal functions i.e. review it is straight forward. it to uses a 9 volt battery. about the only complaint i have with it is the dead man start on it. however with normal range commands it usually resets before you are ready to use it. i have never had a problem with getting hold of Jack. when i was SC for Alberta i regularly sent timers back for repairs numerous times. some times they were repaired for nothing other times they were repaired for postage and once in awhile i had to pay Jack full price. in all of my dealing i found his prices to be more then fair.
Really? i am going to have to go and charge Cathy's timer up (as opposed to charging Cathy up) and see how to do that.
also the new ced 7000's have a built in "RO" mode that disables all the gadgets and makes it a basic timer, very nice to have for "club" timers. I have sent two of the yellow boxes back to get fixed, neither would work right, miss shots, etc. and adjusting them did not help.... we now have 4 ced 7000's at our club and have had only one issue and ced had a new timer in our hands in under 2 weeks from the date of mailing.
(issue with the 7000 we had was that the top start button stopped working, seemed the switch soldered onto the circut board broke off, everything else worked, just could not use the top start button)
(issue with the RU Readies was that they would miss shot's, they started to be finiky and both of our units would eat 9 volt batteries like they where going out of style, before sending them back they would drain a 9volt in one night., adjusting the sensitivity seemed to not do anything.... so we returned them to see if they could be refurb'ed, that was 3 months ago)
(issue with the 7000 we had was that the top start button stopped working, seemed the switch soldered onto the circut board broke off, everything else worked, just could not use the top start button)
(issue with the RU Readies was that they would miss shot's, they started to be finiky and both of our units would eat 9 volt batteries like they where going out of style, before sending them back they would drain a 9volt in one night., adjusting the sensitivity seemed to not do anything.... so we returned them to see if they could be refurb'ed, that was 3 months ago)
How is this relevant? If product that is not made in Canada meet certain person needs better then other product made in Canada this person should buy a Canadian product? For instance, when I bought RUready timer, I didn't realized that it's PAR mode can be set to 0.5 second intervals, so it is not very useful for a dry fire practice. If I knew that, I would have bought CED timer.
On the other hand, I contacted Jack and after some emails I've been able to convince him to improve his product and change PAR time setting to 0.1 intervals. Now the problem is that ipsc.org sold me a very old model and there doesn't seem a way to update it to a new cool firmware and I would have to buy another timer...
So, anyone want a perfectly good and barely used RUready timer?
