MantisX - Pistol/Rifle

I can’t say enough good things about this thing. I’ve put over 4000 trigger pulls on this thing. I’ve done both dry and live fire with it. The multiple graphs help eliminate variables, it gives advice on how to fix discrepancies. I use the play back to look for trends that don’t show up in the score screen. The more I do with it the more I like it. I’ve even taken all my upgrades off my guns to see if they were in fact upgrades. I tested each piece compared the scores and graphs to get each gun dialed in for me. I tried the 250 shots in 500 seconds challenge ( with a minimum score of 80) I was having problems with it not recording all my shots, I emailed them and had a response back the same day. Great service. If you are any type of shooter and want to be better if you don’t have a MantisX, your wrong. I had more improvements on 1000 trigger pulls with the X than I did with 1000 live rounds. Only reason I gave it 5 stars is cause there wasn’t a 6th one!

This app along with the associated device have changed shooting for me. I always heard people say “oh practice dry fire drills” for new shooters but if you’re doing something wrong in a dry fire drill you’re just solidifying it for your shooting. This app gives you real time feedback, tells you the possible cause for your shooting misfortune is and tells you how to correct it. It is so beneficial to actually see what you’re doing wrong without having to go to the range and see the results on the target. That being said, even at the range you can use this or take what you’ve learned from dry fire feedback and apply it to your shooting at the range. Completely satisfied. Money well spent. If you want to see better results get it and try it.

I have only tried it for dry fire drills so far. But I understand you can also use it for live fire at the range. They include example videos for any training you don’t understand how to do. At the range, I was pretty confident for being right on the mark but this has helped me identify small inconsistencies I may be in the habit of. Ex: slapping the trigger, squeezing my hand too tight, anticipation of the fire, etc. and it’s effect without having to spend 1000 rounds of ammo to perfect it. Completed the Basic Marksmanship Training (earned a literal physical badge) and would love to see more challenges or drills like that to give me training objectives each day.

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For a little over a year, I used the original MantisX and there were never any issues. I upgraded to the latest and greatest model and have found it to be plagued with problems. While this newer device and software have useful recoil analysis and holster draw functions, I’ve found that I’ve been unable to use them as much as I’d like because there is always a crash of some kind. MantisX is very responsive and seems to stand behind their product, but there appear to be some major bugs and reliability issues. There are also data deletion issues. If you are able to get it to work, go to the webpage and download your data before it gets deleted. Overall it is a great concept, but it just isn’t worth contacting customer service every time I want to use it. While their customer service is superb, their latest product has left me very disappointed.

I’ve been using the app for a little over one year, and during this time the app has steadily improved to make it easier to use and add features. I reported a few bugs and suggested changes to make it easier to use (for example, prepending a short bit of silence to all audio feedback to prevent my Peltor Bluetooth hearing protection from clipping the beginning of the feedback), and all issues and suggestions have been implemented. This is not some minimal effort app just so MantisX can sell their system. They care about their users and keep adding value.