Giving up on lighted nocks (for now)

[johnw3474]

I also ditched the lighted knocks... never had a problem with them until this year when I was practicing at distances to go elk hunting. I chased my tail for a while until I realized they were too tight in my d-loop. After the season I plan to dry a larger gap between the d-loop and see if that helps.

 

[Bergy-Bowsmith]

I've been testing the deepower nocks extensively for the last few weeks, and compared to my Ip4 and ip5 I cant find any variation in flight with big fixed broadheads, field tips, or bareshafts, I do know for a fact that if there is a slight variance in your bareshaft tune on a compound that the lighted nocks will exaggerate this downrange more so then a standard non lighted nock.

 

[rookieforever33]

the ravin bolts with lumenocks in them fly great. Besides the expense the bad thing is once they are shot they are hard to turn off. Even if you can get them to stay off the battery will not last until next season. Once shot they pretty much become a practice arrow at the end of the season

 

[doc holiday13]

I gave up on them too.. Mostly bcause its kind of an expense I didn't need to add. They're a nicety for sure. Helps your eye trace your shot but it doesn't make you shoot better. I do use reflective arrow wraps and those are nice as well but I like arrow wraps because of the ease of re-fletching an arrow

 

[Macintosh]

gave up on lumenocks. Currently using nockturnal, they fly fine for me, my problem is that 3/3 have come off in the deer when the arrow passed thru. I like being able to see the impact via the nock, but I also like being able to quickly find the arrow...that part has been compromised when the nock is coming off the arrow inside the critter.

Those Ravin lighted nocks are freaking terrible, my wife has them and they SUCK after first use. It's criminal how poorly they work after being shot once. IMO simply a bad product that never should have seen the light of day. less than 1 star out of 5.

 

[hibernation]

I gave up on them too.. Mostly bcause its kind of an expense I didn't need to add. They're a nicety for sure. Helps your eye trace your shot but it doesn't make you shoot better. I do use reflective arrow wraps and those are nice as well but I like arrow wraps because of the ease of re-fletching an arrow

Same here, I used them for years but it never really felt like it made a difference on animals. Just an extra expense. I switched to four-fletch with all pink, that's been really easy to trace. Gotta try the reflective wraps though.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

Having used them, I have a hard time convincing myself to stop shooting the cheap lighted nocks from amazon... Never seen the wide group variance mentioned, but serving fit is a big deal with any setup.

 

[roosiebull]

Having used them, I have a hard time convincing myself to stop shooting the cheap lighted nocks from amazon... Never seen the wide group variance mentioned, but serving fit is a big deal with any setup.

That was my favorite option until I decided to try 4mn shafts again (which I still hate) I have tried probably 5 lighted nocks and none worked right

The deepower for 5mm weren’t bad

 

[alexnelon]

Currently using nockturnal, they fly fine for me, my problem is that 3/3 have come off in the deer when the arrow passed thru.

You shooting Easton arrows?

 

[Macintosh]

You shooting Easton arrows?

Yes, axis 5mm shafts. The nocks have an insert iirc to match arrow inside diameter, and it seems to be a good fit. Is there a known problem w this shaft?

 

[Buglebrush]

I've been shooting Nockturnals for years and years with zero issues. Perfect out to 90 yards. Seeing exactly where you hit an animal every time is actually more important than people think.

 

[alexnelon]

Yes, axis 5mm shafts. The nocks have an insert iirc to match arrow inside diameter, and it seems to be a good fit. Is there a known problem w this shaft?

I’ve just noticed that it’s always Easton arrows that struggle with nocks coming loose.

My opinion and experience is that their pultrusion method produces a wider variance in internal diameter than other brands which can lead to either nocks slipping, or shafts splitting on the nock end.

I think Raised nocks even void the warranty if you use them with Easton arrows.

I always recommend measuring the nock end with pin gauges but you’re going to throw away a ton of arrows if you do that.

 

[Macintosh]

Fwiw Ive never had an issue with regular nocks coming off, only the lighted ones. But would not shock me if something along those lines was correct.

 

[jfh]

First time using lighted nocks (Nockturnals) was this morning. It great seeing exactly where the arrow hit the deer, and the lighted nock made it easy to find. I will continue to use them to hunt. I practiced with them before taking them to the woods and found no noticeable difference in flight. I use Gold Tip Hunter XT arrows and the Nockturnal GTs fit nice and tight.

 

[Smtn10pt]

Deepower worked fine for me on standard size shafts, they were inconsistent on microdiameter VAP SS.

 

[mfolch]

I like lighted nocks and have always used the inexpensive Amazon models. Quality arrows are expensive enough as it is, so I can’t justify buying two dozen name-brand lighted nocks which don’t seem any better than the off-brand. Also, I suspect the deepower and other generics are made in the same factory as luminock etc.

That said, I gave them up last year. For my vertical bows, I wanted a lighter, sub-420gn arrow. I never saw a problem with flight or trajectory or nock pinch, but I have a long draw and long arrows (31 inches), so cutting weight involves trade-offs. Adding 16gn at the tail end required loading up weight at the front for the right FOC.

On my crossbows, name-brand lighted nocks flew fine on an older, slower Tenpoint but on my newer model (425) I just couldn’t get them to land as consistently and in tight groups. Without them, I hit my own bolts at 60 yards. With them, the groups spread out to 4 inches. So went without them and found a bolt after I used it right next to the blood trail.

Everything is dialed in without lighted nocks for this season, but if I can bring myself to accept heavy arrows or buy a set of rip xv next year, maybe I’ll go back with the vertical bow.