MantisX Shooting Performance System

It's pretty neat. I found out about it from the Active Self Protection YouTube channel. I've come to really respect John Correia and his message. I've checked him out beyond that - everything points to a man of integrity, so I thought I'd follow up on the package.All the reviews I could find pretty much raved about it, so I took the plunge.It consists of a sensor pod that mounts on your rail. That's packaged in a small foam case along with a micro-USB charging cable.The brains, however, is in the very good software. I have an iPhone X, and I installed it with no problems at all. It's VERY good. You tell the software whether you're left-handed or right-handed, which end of the pod is pointed toward the front, and whether you're dry-firing or doing live-fire.There are multiple training scenarios available, including timed and untimed firing, tactical and strategic reloads, and more. I've only used it with dry fire so far, but I'm hoping to test live fire this weekend (if time permits).The default screen looks somewhat like a target. If you have movement during your trigger pull, it will show it in proportion to your movement. If you do the same movement across multiple shots, that section of the target gets thicker. It will give you probable causes of your movements. The very cool thing is that you can pull up a side-by-side video of the problem and the correct way of doing it.There are also other ways to look at the information, like pre-trigger movement and movement during the break. You can even replay a movement track for each shot in real-time.Finally, there is a live display of your movements so you can see how steady you really keep your weapon.My two-handed dry fire has been pretty consistent, but single hand (both primary and support) obviously needed some work. I'm trying to do a little bit most evenings; I can already tell the improvement. A trip to the range (with the Mantis set up for live fire) may tell me something different, but it will be fun to find out.

I’ve been a police officer for over 20 years. As time has passed I’ve developed some bad habits even though I practice shoot every other week. My goal was to tighten my groups up as much as possible. I shoot good now, but I wanted as close to perfect as I could possibly get. I first tried to address my issues with dry firing. I’d dry fire for 30 times a day for months, but saw no real progress in my groups. When I dry fired the front sight never appeared to move to my eye. So, I bought a laserlyte laser bullet device that shoots a red laser out of the barrel every time I dry fired. That helped me quite a bit and made dry firing fun as I could aim at random objects in my house. It’s great for point and shoot practicing. But my trigger pull and other issues were not addressed. Even the firearms trainers at work didn’t help me much at all. “Oh you’re jerking the trigger!”, such help right there thanks. So, I bought MantisX as an impulse buy. I can’t even remember how I found it. Anyhow I read the Amazon reviews and clicked buy it now. It was delivered quickly. Nicely packaged. Downloaded the app. I was using it within I’d say 3 minutes. The MantisX corrected the issues I had been trying to work on for the past two years in ten minutes. Now I am using it to pull the trigger faster and faster to develope a trigger pull with speed with accuracy. I am simply blown away by this product. I have no idea how it can tell what I’m doing wrong, but it knows. Even when I swear the sight isn’t moving at all when I dry fire it picks up my mistakes.So let me break this down. If you dry fire without the MantisX and have an issue, you’ll only practice the issue over and over again. With the MantisX you’ll see in real time what’s going on, will have an explanation on how to fix it, and practice with better technique instead of pulling the trigger over and over again doing the same mistakes.It’s worth the money. One of the best products I have ever purchased.Update: 21 June 2018, After a few weeks of solely practicing with the MantisX every night, I finally hit the range with live fire. Every night, I unload my duty weapon and put the MantisX on it and place it in the kitchen. Every time I walk by the kitchen, I do a minute or two worth of practice. It’s hard to put down it’s so gratifying. It’s been raining and I’ve been working a lot of police extra duty so I haven’t had time to hit the PD range. I had firearms training today. I had no clue what to expect, I was sort of curious and nervous at the same time. It’s been two months since I last hit the range. I never shot as well as I did today. I went from large groups to shooting expert level groups. In fact, I had the tightest groups out of anyone that shot that day easily. Keep in mind I already used to dry fire every night before I got the MantisX and I saw hardly any improvement. It’s not just dry firing, it’s correction. I am sold on this device. Buy it, buy it, buy it.