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A few years back I owned both a Oehler 35P and a Chrony. If you're familiar with the Oehler, it uses three sky screens and takes a velocity reading between the first and second screens and between the first and third screen. It verifies that the readings match and are valid. The sky screens can be placed at any spacing you like, most use a 10' piece of conduit, or 5' spacing. It's a really neat setup. The Chrony on the other hand is a simple unit with two sky screens and they are 12" apart. One day at the range I put the Chrony inside the spacing of the Oehler's screens, between the first and second screens, essentially taking 3 readings for every shot. What I found was pretty impressive. The little Chrony was NEVER off by more than 1 fps on any shot. The Oehler cost in the neighborhood of $350, the Chrony costs around $75. Well, I can tell you one thing, I sold the Oehler. It was bulky to transport, expensive and hard to setup. The Chrony, you unfold it put it on a tripod and attach the diffusers, and you're ready to go. It also transports in a case no bigger than a pistol case. So, as to accuracy, they're accurate as all get out, even the cheap ones.

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My findings too, so I now use the Chrony because it is easy to transport and set up using a light camera tripod!