(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Xclusive Outdoors Forum (HTM) https://xclusiveoutdoors.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Product Reviews ***************************************************** #Post#: 679-------------------------------------------------- Burt Coyote Lumenok By: xclusive1 Date: August 30, 2012, 7:28 pm --------------------------------------------------------- [font=times new roman]I am doing a review on this cause I have used these last year. My personal opinion and expierence with them are that the concept is very good but the quality is lacking. I bought a three pack of them to try out. First thing I had to do to make them fit like they were suppose to, was shave a little off with some sandpaper. Just to let you know what arrow I use, I use Easton Flatline D.O.A. 400's that use the S-nock. Once I finally got proper fitment on them, I proceeded to test how they work. The first one wouldn't come on no matter what I did, so I tried another one. The second one did work, but not as good as it should. I then proceeded to youtube to see if someone has had the simular problem. I found a few things that lead me to the source of the problem. The problem was that, I had arrow wraps on my arrows and it was covering a little of the top of the arrow where the nock slides in and it was't making contact with the arrow itself. These nocks have little metal tabs that come out from each side of the nock that makes contact with the arrow. If these tabs don't make contact, it will not light or light very dim. Down the battery was a long curly wire wrapped around the battery to help make contact with the arrow also. I didn't like either of this things cause they are very cheap and flemsy. After 5 shots with one, I had a wire break off. Once you put them in place, you can not twist them cause it will cause the wire to break. That is not a good thing if you have to adjust your nock for some reason. Now to the shooting part. As I said previously, after 5 shots, I had the wire break off of one, rendering it useless and just a ordinary nock. When you shoot them, they work most of the time but not all the time. After shooting and turning them off multiple times, it starts to mess with the cheap wireing, leaving them not to turn on sometimes after the shot or turn off the minute they hit the target. To turn them off, you have to pull back on the nock to loose contact between the metal tabs and the carbon arrow. After a few shots you eventually flaten those tabs and have to pop them outward over and over again. To me, that makes them useless and a item I will not buy again. I paid over 30 dollars for 3 of them and if they lasted for 150 shots, that was good. All of them eventually had the wires break on them. I wish I still had them to show you pics of what I was talking about, but I left them in my old bow case with my old Hoyt I sold. The main thing I am trying to get accross here is to save your money and don't buy this product. This is from my own personal expierence with them. They look great in there comercials and youtube videos but they wont show you how much of a pain they actually are. I will try a set of nockturnals and see how these are and do a review on them. I did also have a set of easton lighted nocks when I first started bow hunting and they worked good but battery life sucked! You can also go to youtube and see how to make some yourself. I have tried to do this already and they came out good, its just a pain to make and a pain to find the light to make them. There is also some question about the strength of them, which I never had a problem with them. If I find the video on this, I will post it for those who are interested in trying this. I found my lights at academy for this. I was lighted bobber lights. Hope this review was helpful to those who were thinking about buying these. When I buy the nockturnals, I will do a review on them also. If you have any input on this, please share. Thanks everyone.[/font] #Post#: 748-------------------------------------------------- Re: Burt Coyote Lumenok By: wolfpac712 Date: September 13, 2012, 3:26 pm --------------------------------------------------------- You would think that for the price of lighted nocks they would be better designed and user friendly I'm hoping to get some Fire Accunocks from the Accunock company they run about the same price but boast about their battery lasting much longer and brighter then Lumenok they also talk about not using a nock tool to turn the nocks.. #Post#: 752-------------------------------------------------- Re: Burt Coyote Lumenok By: xclusive1 Date: September 13, 2012, 3:38 pm --------------------------------------------------------- [font=times new roman]I am not to keen switches that you have to turn off. Every time you fire a arrow and the light comes on, you will have to take out your nock to turn it off. Not thrilled about it. I don't know what the magic trick will be to get a lighted nock with out cheap conduction system that breaks or a switch that you have to take you nock off to get to in order for you to turn it off, but I tell you this, who ever figures it out will have one hell of a product. I will try out the nockturnals just to see if I like them and I will let everyone know my findings.[/font] #Post#: 794-------------------------------------------------- Re: Burt Coyote Lumenok By: wolfpac712 Date: September 15, 2012, 10:22 am --------------------------------------------------------- Got this off the Accunock website.. ACCU-FIRENOCK,---These specially modified Firenock Lights are designed to fit Standard size Accunocks, what makes this lighted nock different. 1. ACCU-FIRENOCK HAS A COMPUTER CHIP IN EACH ONE, MUCH MORE RELIABLE THEN ANY MAGNET OR TWISTY NOCK, MUCH BRIGHTER THEN ANY LIGHT ON THE MARKET TODAY. 2. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR NOCK AT ANY TIME. THE LIGHT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE ACCUNOCK. 3. CHANGEABLE BATTERY, DONT BUY ANOTHER DISPOSABLE LIGHTED NOCK, JUST CHANGE THE BATTERY. THIS SAME ONE CAN LAST YOU SEASON AFTER SEASON. 4. BROKE YOUR ACCUNOCK? DONT WORRY JUST PUT ON A NEW ONE. THE LIGHT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED 5. PACKAGE COMES WITH 3 AMAZING ACCU-FIRENOCK LIGHTS + 12 ACCUNOCKS YOU PICK THE COLOR(S) ACCUNOCK (WE LIKE CEAR OR RED WITH THESE. #Post#: 799-------------------------------------------------- Burt Coyote Lumenok By: xclusive1 Date: September 15, 2012, 11:34 am --------------------------------------------------------- What's the weight on these? Is it comparable to others? I like the way these sound. Gonna check them out. *****************************************************