They're more subtle about it.
So I have 1 vote for each. That doesn't help much
I appreciate the differences, I think I'll probably get a rev-fire after the fall season, I am more interested when people ask me for advice, what I should suggest to them... I think I'll just suggest they visit this forum!
It isn't the absolute velocity that I am interested in, more relative, she throws slower in games and insists she doesn't... but the radar don't lie... so we are working on it.
I agree with the "Wait until she's throwing the 12" ball" to get the Rev Fire. At the tender age of 8, work on mechanics and velocity. If she starts throwing movement pitches with an 11 inch ball, I agree with Ken... don't focus so much on the rate of spin, but rather the orientation of the spin. For that, you can replace the $350 Rev fire with a $3 roll of electrical tape. I would get the Pocket Radar first. Amazing how much more effort goes into a workout when they're trying to increase speed. Mark it on a chart for her once a month. She'll bust her hump to get a new high every time you measure....which is what you really want at that age.
We've been talking about making an accessory to our bracket to mount a PocketRadar to the standard LynkSpyder. The idea would be that you would be able to mount a camera and a PocketRadar to the fence at the same time. We had a couple conversations with them about our initial design concept. Anyone think this would be useful (and by useful, I indirectly mean marketable)?