ORIGINAL: dyeclan
All you gotta do is turn off the volume and use your eyeballs. You can see four types of nock side by side. That's all it takes. Who give's a rat's arse where the video came from?
Awwwwwwww come on.
As I said, I do not have a problem with video's showing pro's & con's of an item.
But when it is produced by a company that represents an ITEM then it is an advertisement for that product not a true comparison. I also stated above that there are trade off for brightness, which is battery life. Believe me that at dawn or dusk, you do not need a very bright lighted nock for it to be very visible.
In my research on lighted nocks, there were some very noticeable downfalls to the inersial switch lighted nocks. The biggest factor is reliability. The fact you are driving the nock forward, when releasing the string, to make contact with two wires which turns on the lighted diode shows the weak point, the friction part will wear. Also to shut it off, you must pull out on the nock to break the connection. To me, I much prefer the magnetic switch. Now think of walking through the bush and you bump the nocks in your quiver, this could very easily turn then on, and you might not even notice this fact.
To me, the method of turning on and reliability is most important. Ease of use would be next and then brightness as it would not need to be too bright to be seen at dawn or dusk.
Easton took a really good product and ruined it. They somehow managed to cut the brightness and did away with the replaceable batt. I f the firenock would blink they would have the perfect lighted nock I do like the flashing feature of the tracer
That is too bad as the orginal tracer was a good item. I have not handled the Easton tracer so I could not give an opinion on them. But I also agree that the flashing feature is a great thing to have. The flashing light is easier to spot then the constant glow.