Hot Wheels Radar Gun

[analog999 0]

I'm about to head over to Walmart - which I detest, but I need to see if they have these things.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4661205

Anyone try this out at the rink on your shots? If they have one available, I'll use it tonight and let you know.

Supposedly they work pretty well, but I haven't seen anything concrete. You can set them for scale car mode or for real life, but they only go up to 100mph. Should work for all the guys I play with.

Here's a guy testing one on a toy car (in scale mode):

[pat19 0]

"Not for use with some Hot Wheels vehicles"

you think it will work with a puck? it doesn't seem too good.

EDIT: I don't get it. what does the 35 mean?

[analog999 0]

They claim you can use it to for a fastball so I don't see why not a puck. They also say see who can ride their bike the fastest. Not much info on them on the web.

[analog999 0]

The car is going 35 mph in scale mode (if it were life sized, it would be going 35.) That's why he has a yard stick. edit: he says it has a 2.5% error rate. Not bad!

[DamnLocust 0]

I've had my shot clocked a couple of times at rinks, basically a guy brought down a small radar box that you put behind the net or in the faceoff circle (perpendicular to shooting angle) and it picks up on the puck. Basically you turn it on and let 'er rip- no need to have a friend pointingthe gun. Seems a lot easier that way.

fyi I cracked 70 mph...barely, and I have one of the heavier shots in the group I play with. The highest we saw was 76 or 78 I think. I couldn't imagine what a 90-100+ MPH shot would look like up close and personal. My friend pulled off a 22 when he shanked the puck - and did so more than once b/c he was trying to really lay into it.

[sc37 0]

lol...funny you mention the hot wheel radar gun. Was out and about last week and the girl we were with made us go to Toys R Us, and my friend and I found the display they had. The cars we were shooting were supposedely going at 30+ MPH...then we decided to screw around. We set it up so we could run down the aisle, but only clocked us at like 8 MPH...which I thought was a little off. We tried whipping the lightsaber we found by it and only registered at like 6 MPH. Was making wonder how accurate it really was...tried both scales and the readings just didn't seem right.

[analog999 0]

Well, I did buy it. It didn't work *at all* for pucks. It actually works pretty damned well for big items like cars & people. I clocked my wife in her car and it worked exactly what her speeds were. I clocked people running at a max of 11mph and I clocked a girl skating at 14 mph. I was impressed for $20, even though it didn't work for shots, enough to keep it.

[KYHockey3 0]

Well, I did buy it. It didn't work *at all* for pucks. It actually works pretty damned well for big items like cars & people. I clocked my wife in her car and it worked exactly what her speeds were. I clocked people running at a max of 11mph and I clocked a girl skating at 14 mph. I was impressed for $20, even though it didn't work for shots, enough to keep it.

thats awsome for 20$ i wonder how long it will hold up in the long run

[analog999 0]

thats awsome for 20$ i wonder how long it will hold up in the long run

Yeah that's the real question. Obviously the one at toys 'r' us may be damaged or something. No way to tell how many times that one has been banged around.

I think for $20 it is still a good purchase even if it gets off a little bit. Now I can clock my neighbors driving down the street at a million miles an hour.

[sc37 0]

How did you set it up trying to clock pucks?

[analog999 0]

I stood right next to the net while people shot. Maybe it could have been better, I don't know, but it didn't seem unreasonable at all where I was standing. You're supposed to point it at the thing moving towards or away from you (not side to side). I was probably no more than 10 degrees off at the maximum. I was further off when I was measuring people.

edit: i'm going to try a ball later today when I get the chance.

[HkyVictor 0]

you said you were next to the goal? try standing behind it and kneeling down. I was at a lax camp and the brought in the guy with the worlds fastest shot to see if he could break his record (which he did) and the guy clocking the shot stood behind the goal...

[Michael9 57]

you said you were next to the goal? try standing behind it and kneeling down. I was at a lax camp and the brought in the guy with the worlds fastest shot to see if he could break his record (which he did) and the guy clocking the shot stood behind the goal...

whats the record?? and who was it??

[HkyVictor 0]

oh god....were looking like a decade ago (my god its scarey to think that)...but to answer your question the best I possibly can.... i do not remeber at all what his name is... but I do remember that his shot was a bit over 100... maybe 110 ish and it broke the things that held the net to the frame. dont take that as straight fact though casue it was a long time ago so all i remeber perfectly is that the shot was over 100...the shot broke the net... and the guy behind the net pretty much pissed his pants...

[hunterphfr 12]

Dave "charles" Manson always had a hell of a shot, always being very competitive at the all star skills competition. He did seem to back off his edge a little after almost killing a teammate if I recall correctly.

[HkyVictor 0]

that name sounds very familiar... it might have been him... those shots can get scary... like this one guy got hit in the face mask by a shot and it shattered his lower jaw...

[Dante2004 0]

I bought this radar gun at E-puck. I tried it once for roller and it didn't work to well. We set it on a chair behind the net. I suspect that we had our angle wrong. It says to put it behind the net...but it may have been at a bad angle to the shot???

SOME shots registered...maybe 1 of 3?

E-Puck Radar Gun

[#44wannabe 4]

You can't skate up to yur shot with that, it will clock ur skating speed rather than the shot

[Dante2004 0]

You can't skate up to yur shot with that, it will clock ur skating speed rather than the shot

The one that we got...you can set it to "pro" mode and it will ignore any motion slower than 35 MPH. So, according to the instructions, skating toward it should not mess it up. But maybe it does...and that was what was messing us up?