Reviews & Ratings for Bushnell Velocity Speed Sports Radar Gun — 40 reviews — Page 1

Bought this radar gun to time fast flying RC aircraft and racing drones. Seems to work perfectly. Shipping and packaging were awesome. Price was definitely affordable and quality of product is great.

Bought this product to measure the speed of clay targets exiting our trap houses. The unit works great, reads the speed of targets averaging 42-43 mph measured from the rear of the trap house. Accuracy was checked with a chronograph. Readings do vary from 40-44 mph depending on the wind speed and direction. Nice radar gun for the money.

I bought one and it didn't work. I got another sent and it didn't work either. It clocks a wall or floor 137 mph. No foam in the packaging is probably the problem. I might try one more time ,but I'm not very optimistic.
Pros: none
Cons: junk

When I ordered it I was not sure I would be able to measure speed of RC airplane but it was in fact very easy and precise too. We are doing races and RC planes are sometime small but fast but this radar acquire speed quickly and aiming is very easy too which gives you good results each time.
Pros: Very easy to use and effective!
Cons: none

Works as expected. would be nice if it came with a padded storage bag instead of the thin nylon that is included with the gun.

i am tracking my sons baseball pitching.
Pros: great value, works excellent
Cons: none yet

If you need an accurate, reliable speed gun at a reasonable price, this is the one for you.
Pros: simple operation, accurate, economical
Cons: none

this radar gun is 3-5mph inaccurate but its very easy to use but if u had a choice in between colors i would choose white :)
Pros: very easy to use
Cons: misses readings

I purchased the Bushnell Velocity Speed Gun / Sports Radar Gun 101911 to measure speeds of a baseball, after reading that it was "accurate to within 1.0 MPH." This could not be further from the truth. The radar gun does not gauge speeds quickly enough for use with a baseball - the radar gun displayed "66 MPH" for every single ball traveling in excess of 70, 80, or even 90 MPH.

To test this theory, I then attempted to use the radar gun on cars, and discovered that it would not register the correct speed unless it was pointed at the car for 5 seconds OR MORE. Otherwise, it would simply display "22 MPH." This is not acceptable for a radar gun claiming to make it "easy to measure the speed of a car, a baseball ..." and so on.

Due to OpticsPlanet's horrible return policy, which does not allow for refunds unless the product is unused, and in it's original packaging, I am stuck with this colossal waste of money. I would highly recommend AGAINST purchasing this gun, and if you are interested in purchasing some type of radar gun, do NOT deal with OpticsPlanet.

I will also be posting this review in several forums, on Facebook, and so on.
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: See comments

I knew when I bought this that it was on the 'low end'. My main reason for buying this was to use as a guage for my son when he was doing his pitching workouts. When I'm right there behind him the gun works flawlessly. When I tried to use it at a recent game, I couldn;t get a reading. The team's gun worked fine (about $800 I was told) but not mine. I tried from the seats right behind home plate and even went right up to the fence; still nothing. The unit is supposed to pick up a baseball from 90-100 feet, but I think the fence maybe added a bit of interference.
Anyway, Like I said, I knew up front that this gun was going to be used mainly as a training tool, and for that, it works just fine.
Pros: price, price, price
Cons: you get what you pay for