ORIGINAL: davidmil
To me, the ones like aeroslinger shows are more of a hinderance than a help. I tried that exact one at one time. The little glow fibers are bright enough to dominate your field of vision. To me the glow/haze effect it creates makes the pins and surrounding peep fuzzy. Since I got old and have shot enough deer to make anyone happy I've come to one conclusion that works for me. IF I can't see through my peep....and ... IF I'm having a hard time with pins... it's probably past legal shooting time. Even if it's not, I figure at best I'm going to chance a marginal hit so why take the shot. There are other days. I practice in light a lot darker than I hunt. I've found for me there must be something coming into play that makes me NOT see the whole peep. My groups in poor light will still group, but they move away from the spot, especially when shooting on something without a spot....like a McKenzie deer target.
I never notice that it was too bright at all. The fiber optic is actually just a green piece of plastic that snaps onto the back of the peep and it rotates so you can close the holes you see in the pic to adjust brightness. It was o.k. but I think the Nite Hawk does just as good or better. It really is impressive how well it works. Have you tried the Nite Hawk, david? I don't take shots at low light but with the old round peeps there would be plenty of light but looking thru the peep it looked dark and the animals weren'r defined. Thats where the Nite Hawk works, when there is enough light to use. When I got my new bow I shot it for a week or two before putting a peep on it and shot ok. It can be done no problem and shoot well. Just like shooting that recurve, I can shoot some good groups but still will get a few off. Even with a consistant anchor and good form I think any time you take something away, i.e. peep, you increase your chances of being off. I'm not saying a peep will make you shoot great but for a lot of people it sure helps.