Great system
I recently purchased the Mantis Laser Academy. I think it’s a great training tool to use at home to practice your skills at home in between range secessions. You definitely save money on ammunition and can still get training reps in. You can track your progress and try different drills. Excellent training tool. Highly recommend. Practice makes perfect. You can use it every day for just a few minutes. It’s great.
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Supported hand only
For the most part its a good training aid more for the discipline of practicing everyday.
Major flaw as an example is
For the support hand only challenge of needing 80 or better the sensor will pick up
slide reload as a shot so your working on 90+ at times and you engage the slide for the next dry fire and you get a 7.9 or some absurd number. Thus I have attempt at least 200 plus shot work clean and accurate then on my next slide movement it bombs.
Needs a fix for sure. Would I buy it again probably not simply because there are challenges that are not written properly and the sensor is at tome inefficient to say the least.
Major flaw as an example is
For the support hand only challenge of needing 80 or better the sensor will pick up
slide reload as a shot so your working on 90+ at times and you engage the slide for the next dry fire and you get a 7.9 or some absurd number. Thus I have attempt at least 200 plus shot work clean and accurate then on my next slide movement it bombs.
Needs a fix for sure. Would I buy it again probably not simply because there are challenges that are not written properly and the sensor is at tome inefficient to say the least.
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Phone or other hardware issue but frustrating to use
I was really excited to get into this app and as all things when it works it works good. I have the travel version of the paper academy and when I traveled brought it with me.
Using the tripod is a little frustrating every time. Went to make a minor adjustment the screen either recognizes a hit or the phone moves locking out the buttons. Light settings are extremely sensitive and makes it somewhat annoying to deal with. If o could get the app to work like I have only once or twice I would love it . I hate to say it but the versatility idea is right but the implementation of both hardware and software needs something not sure what that is
Using the tripod is a little frustrating every time. Went to make a minor adjustment the screen either recognizes a hit or the phone moves locking out the buttons. Light settings are extremely sensitive and makes it somewhat annoying to deal with. If o could get the app to work like I have only once or twice I would love it . I hate to say it but the versatility idea is right but the implementation of both hardware and software needs something not sure what that is
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Incredible app for dry fire training
Haven’t open the app in a while, so I’m not sure when they updated it. Very impressed with the new training videos and rank system. I love the fact that you can even earn credits for Mantis products. I don’t have any yet but with the new updates to the app I will add a Mantis X to my training gear soon. Thanks Mantis for improving an already great dry fire training app. 👍🏼
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Academy is good but the app could be polished.
The laser academy I. General is awesome I’ve had it for 28 days now and see great improvement when going to the range. The app unfortunately could use some improvements. There seems to be a bug with tracking days/ streaks. I have done 28 days straight but it said I missed yesterday. Unfortunately I had not noticed that it did not fully count yesterday. In history you can see that train g was done but I believe the issue is because I finished one of the pistol mastering courses. A previous time I completed one I had also noticed that it was not saying i was completed for my day and did more practice until I met my daily 100. Would be nice to have the ability in the app to correct that I trained yesterday and it not show as missed and ruin my streak. Would also like to see more course and more targets. Wish more development was being put in to the academy app.
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Response from developer
We will look into this. Please email support@mantisx.com with your account username/email so that we can better track this down, thanks!
Great system once you get it to read the cards
I’d give it 5 stars if it would read consistently.
I’ve used this system all over to keep sharp. From cabins in the mountains, to kitchens, and basements. Regardless where I use it I spend 10+ minutes trying to get the phone to read the cards properly. And when at times I only have 15 minutes it cuts into my reps. Doesn’t matter the lighting, background etc.
Now once your done adjusting your phone and the cards the system works great. It has improved my first shot accuracy 10 fold. The drills are solid and challenging. Well worth every penny even with the lighting frustrations.
I’ve used this system all over to keep sharp. From cabins in the mountains, to kitchens, and basements. Regardless where I use it I spend 10+ minutes trying to get the phone to read the cards properly. And when at times I only have 15 minutes it cuts into my reps. Doesn’t matter the lighting, background etc.
Now once your done adjusting your phone and the cards the system works great. It has improved my first shot accuracy 10 fold. The drills are solid and challenging. Well worth every penny even with the lighting frustrations.
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Good but not perfect
All aspects of the app seem to work great with the exception of the tutorial video audio. Only reason for not giving 5 stars. It seemed to only play the tutorial video with Bluetooth headphones connected. Maybe I am an idiot and my iPhone was accidentally connected to another device. I don’t know, but I want to train and listen to the tutorial audio without headphones or earbuds to train as I fight.
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10/10 at home training
This system is flippin amazing! Other than the laser being delicate. I am very satisfied with the package you receive when buying the starter kit. My goodness, it’s improved my aiming 10 fold in only days. Helps a lot with paying attention to your trigger pull and watching how you might be dragging your shots.
Would absolutely recommend this product to any new and/or experienced shooters and the app is also the cherry on top. It’s not perfect but if you’re patient with it, the reward is massive.
My main ask is to make the laser more durable, if I didn’t have the tools to tighten the parts I could see that being frustrating for some users. But that’s small compared to what it will give you!
10/10 would recommend.
Would absolutely recommend this product to any new and/or experienced shooters and the app is also the cherry on top. It’s not perfect but if you’re patient with it, the reward is massive.
My main ask is to make the laser more durable, if I didn’t have the tools to tighten the parts I could see that being frustrating for some users. But that’s small compared to what it will give you!
10/10 would recommend.
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Great app … with a minor twist.
New user here - love the app, makes dry fire training so much fun! Once I got the hang of it and figured how to use it - it’s been a blast!
However, I struggled with it for the first couple of days - couldn’t figure out how to get the sound working. Videos, drills - everything was on mute - took me a while to realize that the app doesn’t produce a sound if the iPhone it’s running on is in silent mode.
This is very strange, up until now the silent mode only blocked the ringtone - ALL other apps run just fine with sound on, loud and clear. Not this one - keep it in mind and turn the silent mode off if you’re wondering how to get it to “talk” to you. Otherwise, great stuff with lots of good features.
(Developers - turn the sound on for good, there is really no good reason to mute the app in silent mode.)
However, I struggled with it for the first couple of days - couldn’t figure out how to get the sound working. Videos, drills - everything was on mute - took me a while to realize that the app doesn’t produce a sound if the iPhone it’s running on is in silent mode.
This is very strange, up until now the silent mode only blocked the ringtone - ALL other apps run just fine with sound on, loud and clear. Not this one - keep it in mind and turn the silent mode off if you’re wondering how to get it to “talk” to you. Otherwise, great stuff with lots of good features.
(Developers - turn the sound on for good, there is really no good reason to mute the app in silent mode.)
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Super fun
This thing is super fun to play with. Shots are pretty accurate and the app isn’t buggy for me. A few things we need (please) why is there a dartboard target, but no modes for cricket? We need dart games! A few more game modes for the dot torture and hunt would be nice. More sound effects would be awesome, like steel target sounds for hits for instance. Overall great product and support.
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