How does a pendulum sight work and what exaxtly are they?

Counter balanced weights compensate for the yardage(angle of the bow or how off-center the bow is)
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Mainly used for hunting out of tree stands or from an elevated height. I personally love them, but as Ive mentioned in previous pendulum posts, I hunt from tree stands about 95% of the time. The only time I really hunt from the ground is while Im sneaking into my stand.

I love Mine, I have had one for 3 yrs now and also just bopught a bow for my son, and from doing so his shooting accuracy is far better now that he has one pin verses 3 to 5 to confuse him with, I have recomended this to my hunting buddies and 4 of them also bought one and not one complaint. give it a shot IIMO I think its easier for to shoot better with one pin verses more your less likly to get confused in the heat of the moment when you are drawn back on that Big Ol Buck, kinda like the first one I missed becasue I was So amped up abaiut having a deer so close to me verses a gun that I used the wrong pin and watched the arrow go right over his back That could have been my first 10 pt buck, LOL SO aftert that day I bought a pendulum site and I have only missed one shopt and it honestly was a little firther than I ahould have shot but butter t5o have a clean miss than a wounded deer otherwise I think its the way to go but thats just mt 2 cents, Good Luck this season and do yourself a favcor and shoot every chance you can get from ebvery angle you can think of,

I have one, and I really don't like the pendulum action(Fuse Navigator Pendulum).I love the sight, just don't like the pendulum feature, so I lock it down.Maybe it's just the radius of my swing arm that isn't long enough, but it doesn't compensate enough to account for the arrow drop at 25-35 yards, as advertised (except at ridiculous speeds). Mine also rattles like hell if you loosen the set-screw and allow the pendulum to swing (the reason I leave it locked down).

Example 1: I tested it at around 300 fps, 15' high: 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 yards.
At 15-25 - I was dead center in the bull. At 25,it started dropping. At 30, I was a few inches low - and at 40, I was almost the whole way off the target.

Example 2: I tested it with a 250 grain arrow at 365 fps, 15' high: same yardages.
The pendulum swing compensated perfectly to 35 yards. Legitimate one-pin, dead-in-the-bullseye to 35.

The problem for the average guy is that his bow isn't shooting in the 360's. Most guys are in the 200's, and at those speeds, this pendulum will NOT compensate. Obviously, it will compensate a little more as the elevation changes (from 15-25'), but I don't think it will be enough. When I get the opportunity, I will conduct a test from 20'+ off the ground.

Now I'm not saying that ALL pendulums won't compensate right, I'm just saying that THIS PARTICULAR model does NOT compensate at 15', 300 fps. The bow needs to go faster.

Fuse Navigator pendulum




If I was recommending a pendulum for anyone, I'd recommend this one.

Truglo TG701. Brighter pin, quieter design, lockdown feature, slider. These are the features that should matter. Also, it looks like it has a bigger swing radius, which will be the key difference-maker for a slower bow. The fuse that I have is just on too short ofa swing for a slower bow.