I’ve gone through quite a few sights in the past couple of years…including most that are being discussed here.

As for quality construction, I don’t think you can beat the Spott-Hogg or a Sure-Loc. Only 2 things keep me from buying them. Pins are very dull, and not terribly “hardy”. They cost way too much money for dull, less than strong pins, IMO.

Copper John is a very nice site too, especially for the $, but again, the pins are dull.

I’ve had issues with my Cosmic. Stripped screws, pin gets way too hazy/fuzzy due to the clear plastic, original knobs suck, (admittedly they fixed this). Bought the (expensive) Lense kit, it cracked and went flying in pieces after about 20 shots. Bad luck I guess.

HHA OL5000.Good sight overall. Pin is ultra clear due to the pin housing itself, and the black “scope”. Have had some minor issues with the horizontal micro adjustment staying tight, and the plastic bushings getting sloppy (creating noise, and causing slight rights and lefts).

I’ve had a few others that don’t even deserve a mention [:@]

In order to shake up my Target Panic this year, I wanted to go back to a horizontal pin. I wanted something easy to adjust (with micro), solid, bright (but not too big) pins, and quiet. After spending much time and effort researching/checking sights out, I settled on the new Cobra Sidewinder LX. Overall, I’m very pleased. Very bright (but well defined) pins, highly adjustable (in every way). I like going back to the dovetail mount because I was able to put the sight out further to where the pin guard centers/fits in my peep perfectly. It also comes with a standard mounting plate for those who like them, a set of those “glo-sticks” and a black spool cover for low light, and a dovetail clamp for when you need to remove the pin guard housing to get in a bowcase or what have you (pin guard will go back on the exact same place)

The only 2 things that I don’t like are that the pin spools create a slight amount of vibration/noise, and if you want less than 5 pins you have to take the whole sight apart and remove the spools. To “fix” that I just loosened and pushed 3 of the 5 pins all the way to the bottom where they don’t clutter up my sight picture. As for the noise.I’m not hearing it at the shot, and have had other people listen for it too and they can’t either. I can only hear it when I rap the riser with my fist, so no biggie IMO. First Cobra sight I’ve had in probably 10 years, and they have improved remarkably. Definitely worth a look.

I really over the years have (thought) I liked the vertical pin better, but now after going back and forth on a couple of my bows, I find the single vertical pin blocking too much of the target comparatively. :shrug: