Summary: Requires some skill

Comment: I see a lot of people have had trouble tracking baseballs with this thing. I've owned one for 3 years and it works pretty well. I will give some tips on it:

!!!If you throw at a respectable speed, and don't follow the correct procedure it will not work - there will be no reading!!

1) Don't stand behind a metal fence. The Chain links with the plastic coating over them will work, but for whatever reason exposed metal interferes with the signal.

2) The focus beam of the radar gun is very narrow. The whole idea is to keep the beam on the ball as long as possible. Just having the ball pass through the radar beam is not enough. You need to keep the beam on the ball for practically the whole pitch.

3) Use rechargable batteries... and this isn't to save money. Some of the better Energizer rechargable are high amperage, 1350 mA and up. The gun tends to respond better to this, as its pretty power hungry. You will get more consistant readings with better batteries. Non-rechargable batteries cannot provide the same level of current (usually 850 mA or less), which seem to effect the gun.

So, how would you properly use the gun?

One way is to stand behind the mound as the pitcher throws. Forget about using it during a game, behind the backstop. It wont work.

Try line up the pitchers release point and the plate, then situate your gun so that it fires on this imaginary line (connecting pitchers hand and the target.

You may have to slightly change the angle of the gun to track the pitch, which can be slightly tricky. Follow the ball with the gun as long as you can.

For a sure fire way to clock a throw, get a cheap net and stand behind it. You will register it every time. You will also have the most accurate reading.

Summary: Does not work for baseball. Very frustrating.

Comment: When it was new out of the box it worked for baseball about 50% of the time if I was within a few feet of the pitcher or catcher. It seemed to become less effective each time I used it to the point that now I'm lucky to get a reading 10% of the time. It still works for clocking cars but for baseball it is almost useless.

Summary: Accurate...

Comment: This is a pretty accurate radar gun for baseball, as far as I can tell. If you follow the directions, and are as close to the action as possible, and at a "straight on" angle, it looks like its correct in the + - 1 mph statement. However, this is a cool gadget, but if you are serious about "speed" and would like more versatility, then your going to have to go with the official MLB JUGS gun...but at a much higher price.

good luck.

Summary: Works for hockey too

Comment: This radar gun works for hockey pucks too. I crouched behind the net and zapped the oncoming slapshots. Just remember to wear protective gear when behind the net, especially a full face helmet. When the shots miss the net, the pucks will bounce off the boards and find you.

Summary: Total waste of Money.

Comment: Why has my past review been removed.
I thought you guys where fair and im-partial.
Anyway based on the number of other negative feedbacks looks like you cant hide the truth for long.
THe triger breaks. The Battrey compartment breaks without even touching it. The strap breaks the minute you use it.
Acuracy is poor. And gets worse with age.
Customer support is non existant. Not even an e-mail address on the site.
My honest feedback. If you need a toy buy it. If your serious. Buy something else. Ever wonder why a products price keeps droping. No sales. [...]