For those of you who are dissatisfied with corn starch bottles or just sticking a wet finger in the air to check wind direction, there is a new electronic product on the market to solve all your concerns.
"Firefly is a precision wind detection with 2 patents on the technology. It's designed to give users an accurate reading of wind/thermal direction. Firefly takes 512 readings per second, analyzes these readings and after 3 seconds, reports the results in the form of easy-to-interpret LED lights. "
Firefly Wind Detector (http://huntfirefly.com/how_wind_detector_works.html)
Datz cool. Not sure i want to spend that kind of money on anofher do-hickey. But if had the extra scratch i might.
It supposedly detects thermals that a human cannot detect. Now if they could make a product that would tell me the future wind direction for the next 20 minute time span, I might do a little better at LBL. :laf:
It seems every time I hunt when it's snowing I find the wind direction is somewhere in a 360* circle around me and I mean it comes from all 360*. :shrug: :eyebrownod:
I still got a couple bottles of Windevice left from when they were in business... and plan to fill them with ashes from the woodstove when they run out. :eyebrow:
Much cheaper and more reliable then the Starwars sensor. :eyebrownod:
I think I will wait for the next generation model. Hopefully it will be a little higher rating on the number of reading per second. I don't know if I could get by on 512 readings per second. :biggrin: Dose look pretty neat.
Jerry
Quote from: Hawks Feather on February 18, 2013, 07:36:09 AM
I don't know if I could get by on 512 readings per second.
:laugh2: I know!...it's like who they trying to fool. Why not just go all out.
512/sec Phfffft! :doh2:
I just refill nose spray bottles with water. Works for me :laf:
Chalkline chalk works.
Just put it in a smaller bottle
That sounds cool
Quote from: Semp on February 17, 2013, 03:18:56 PM
It supposedly detects thermals that a human cannot detect. Now if they could make a product that would tell me the future wind direction for the next 20 minute time span, I might do a little better at LBL. :laf:
check out scoutlookweather app for smart phones. I use it daily and it's very accurate. very detailed weather & wind forecast with ability to mark and save your stand locations.
I'm not affiliated with this product in any way other than a user. :readthis: Just thought it may be helpful for you.