I like the fact that they are lighter. And that you dont need to push up on the switch with a tip or knife. Appreciate you bringing these to my attention. I currently shoot green Nocturnal GT'S. Might have to try a couple sets of these.
Love these nocks. They are from the small town of La Vernia TX. They also made the Glory nock. Been supporting their stuff for a few years now. Awesome that this product made it to your shop up in Washington. 🤘🏼
I’ve been hearing great things about Halo nocks. I’ve never been a fan of lighted nocks, until I saw the way these operate and turn off. I may have to try these out. Thanks for the vidja Josh Jones! GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🤘🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🏼
Lighted nocks are the way to go. Absolutely amazing how easy it is to follow the path of the arrow in low light. I had my son in a tree last year, about 50 yards away, trying to get him his first archery deer, didn't quite work out that way because the deer didn't cooperate. He was so excited as he watched me draw back, he watched my arrow pass strait through the deer, he has witnessed these shots on TV, RU-vid, ext. but never live in person so he was blown away at the shot. The lighted nock made it so easy for him to see the perfect shot, arrow entered and exited, he saw it all from his tree. The one thing he did say is how surprised he was that the deer even made it 40 yards. I've shot 2 brands of lighted nocks and both brands have stayed lit for hours. Shot a deer on an evening hunt, wasn't quit sure of the shot, let the arrow sticking in the ground, climbed out of the tree, left the woods came back the next morning strait to the arrow still lit up like a beacon, on at least 10 hours, never lost any of it's brightness, walked 30 yards over the hill and recovered the deer. Love lighted nocks, game changers but don't just add them onto the back of your arrow and think that's it, you may be surprised when you shoot during practice, especially when your shooting at 60 to 90 yards, those extra grains on the back end add up to arrow dropping a lot at distance. We left a nockturnal on and it actually lasted for days, not saying this would happen every time but my wife wanted to see how long it would stay lit, days. I like how easy it is to turn off this new nock in your video. Will need to get some and give these a try for myself.
Sounds cool. What I miss would be a flashing light mode. I tend to use the red/green flashing light nocks from nockturnal. They last almost twice as long as the single color ones cause they don’t use that much energy. Filming is not an issue with the flashing ones since they switch so fast, you will probably even see two colors in the flight on video.
I have found the Same thing with me and lighted nocks man, every micro I've used hasn't worked well or quits working right away I'm hoping these ones work well but I've also been using the 204's the rip extreme velocities for shooting 3d I don't know if I'm going to hunt with them but we'll see I still like my RipTKO too but I really like my that vap tkp so I might have found a really good hunting arrow with a lighted nock now thank u MFJJ as always you the man
Love the Halo nock. I purchased 4 packs of these. There is one negative thing about these. They will turn off if you miss the target and the arrow gets banged around. They will also turn off if you don’t get a complete pass through on an animal and the arrow gets banged around in the brush.
Something i noticed when testing these was, depending on the specific mold number that specific nock came from, they would tune just a little bit differently. I found that there are 4 different molds (there may be more but thats what i had in my two dozen sampling) labelled "1", "2", "3", and "4" on the side of the shank that goes into the arrow shaft. For example, id shoot perfect bullet holes with all labelled "1" then get a slight high-right tear on all labelled "2" (the specific tears i just described are made up as i dont recall exactly how they tuned out but they were all different based off the number). I'd love for someone else to verify the tuning discrepancy. To remove any question, when i moved the nock to a different shaft, the tune followed it. I brought it up to the manufacturer and got radio silence.
Hell yeah that’s so badass bro. Love the night shooting, definitely need to invest in some of these. You think they will stick into a carpet target and hold?
Josh have you seen or heard of Deer Crossing Archery Streakers? They're are actually a .245 designed for our hunter series shafts. Would you be interested in checking them out I can send you some. I've personally beat them up pretty good I've shot groups with them and impacted them several times. The battery life is amazing I tested one that I had already been using to practice with and it stayed on for like 22 days. Let me know and I'll send ya some. Thanks man keep the awesome content coming. And just want to say thanks fir everything you do and the effort you put into your content.
Great video and informative, I was looking at the glory lighted knoks have you tested them? That is really neat the lighted target pin and knocks my grandkids will Love it Thank you for sharing God's Blessings on all your adventures
Okay I am kind of new to archery here in Wisconsin we have a outdoor small 3D place close to Milwaukee called Buck rub and they have a line of novks that they made themselves that have a deeper throat they go farther into the shaft and they don't seem to pop out as easy as some of the other ones do especially when you use larger arrows with the inserts. They are heavier too but they seem to be holding up well I bought three and I have been using actually my old nocks that were either broken or whatever just for the light put in the target like that but that is a neat concept especially in some of the free parks around here in Wisconsin that have hay bales as targets. Just an FYI I am not a hunter I have never hunted with them I just like shooting bows and watching the arrows fly.
Lusk tested the Deepower lighted nock and they did great. I bought some and love them. Always used Nockturnals but these are so easy to turn off, bright, well made and much less expensive.
I purchased a pack of the Deepower and all three wouldn't turn off. The tuned fine with no issues, but not being able to turn them off was a bummer. They refunded my money and said they were a bad batch. I ordered a set of the Halos for my 4mm arrows, so far so good. It's nice that they are at least 4-5 grains lighter than other lighted nocks that I have tested. But, only time will tell on their durability, especially due to the 4mm.
Hey MFJJ, look into Archer’s Flame, they have a .204 lighted nock that weighs 10 grains. I just purchased 4 packs of 3 a few minutes before seeing this video. For me, if I put a 10gr lighted nock, it will afford we the ability to add your 15gr titanium bushing to the front paired with your titanium insert on the RIP XV, for a really solid front!
The biggest issue i have with lighted knocks currently is my serving size on my RX-7 is too thick. So when i put a lighted knock on it has too much pinch on the string and i dont want to risk losing accuracy over just having a lighted knock. Great vid though, never heard of them but will definitely check them out when i get a serving jig and learn to reserve lol
One lighted knock I don’t know if you’ve seen is Fireknock. They are a pretty cool set up especially for a G knock size. Look into his titanium kite too for bows and what he has found when it comes to energy transfer when using titanium hardware. I think a conversation between you and the owner would be pretty awesome. The guy is a physicist.
I shot firenocks for years until I switched to a .204 arrow. I did some product testing for Dorge many years ago and got a supply of firenocks from it. They are a great option, and the fact that you can swap the circuit & battery for a weight for practice is awesome to still shoot the same nock in the off season and not have to put the wear and tear on the circuit board and battery.
Only things I found wrong with them is if installed them with too much glue then you can’t get a battery out and that arrow is done for unless you are very careful with a drill bit and don’t cut into the arrow. Also if you have a quiver full of them it can be noisy when you shoot. Otherwise I think they are probably the best lighted knock I have found and the brightest in green. Also the knock itself isn’t a contraption it’s just a knock that is the same size a a 4mm that makes no drag. Even smaller than a Easton G knock.
I had the last version of these called the Glory Nock. Did not hold up at all. They say these are improved and more reliable so they must have gotten the message about the old nocks. Great people to deal with though. I'm going to pick up a set.
I also shot Firenock G size nock and I use Beiter Outnock over micro diameter Victory VXT arrows. This combo is about 25% brighter than original Firenock.
I currently have my girlfriend shooting lumenocks and just switched to RIP TKOs because I didn't see any good options for 4mm lighted nocks. I'm definitely going to have to try the halos!
Did you have any serving fitment issues with the Halo nock? It fits super tight on both of my bows while all my other nocks fit very good.. Just wondering if you had to reserve your center.. Keep up the great vids man!!
Just ordered 3 packs, the serving fit is really good, not sloppy like the Nocturnals and not as bulky as the Glory nocks were, weigh 23 grs with GT collar .. (I'm using Catfish Vec 99 string/cables/Bowtech SR350)... however, the two I used for 'practice' refused to SHUT OFF after just 6 shots !! (2 of 3 in the pack/shot into a brand new bag target, the other one I havnt shot yet).. no biggie 'cause I always have 3-5 of 'em I let run down and use for practice and hunt with new ones, however the red switch wont shut the nock off after just 6 shots.. WTF !! ..... makes me wonder if they will f-up when removing from the string by hand after a hunt or after a passthru/kill .. flies great, but disappointed with the damn switch .. I'll use 'em this season cause of the fit and accuracy, but I hope they do something about the turning off, they are too expensive to have this crap happen .. I'm calling them Monday and let them know whats happening ... (Goldtip Velocity XT's are the arrows used) ..
I don't use lighted nocks but I guess I should start that seems like a good product. Plus all the guys who think they know more than you I wander why they even watch I watch to learn and I tell everybody I know who shoots at all about the channel.
Heck yeah, I wanted to like the nocturnal shift nocks. Still not super easy to turn off. I broke one of them in the 3 pack trying to turn it off lol. Gonna have to give these a shot
I switched from fire nock to halo solo based on price I have dozen 5mm in rip tko and dozen in 4mm vap tko and have yet to have a failure other than I shot one an busted it so that's on me my favorite by far for price/quality
running these this year, if I was picking up some practice knocks to match these (going to add coper wire to weight match) which profile best matches them? ("throat" length, thickness at the string, etc.)
Check out Firenock, lighted nocks. By far they are the brightest nocks out there, they also have target circuits that shuts off after 10 seconds. They also have replaceable batteries. I've been shooting same nocks last 4 years
I have been shooting firenocks for many years, in fact, back before the developed the aluminum bushing that gets glued into the shaft that is used to prevent them from lighting up. Long story short, I'm still shooting some with the original batteries that must be at least 6 or more years old. They are expensive but in my opinion the best out there on the market, dependable, bright, weight consistency one to another, easy to use, and very durable. what else could you want or need. In my opinion you made a winner of a choice, and oh yeah, I don't work for them nor am I sponsored by them, just a happy satisfied bowhunter who is now shooting them from the fastest crossbow on the market. Just saying. LOL
I've seen videos of a company at the ATA show from the UK? Called SMART NOCKS. Looked great. They use inertia to turn on and off and are rechargeable. ?? Thought you guys might have a little more insight on them.
What in Tarantino were the orange orange nicks they must have been something from yesterday year lol. Also a quick note your 6 second shots looked to group better the then your 7 to 8 second shots must be the O2 content
what fletching jig are you using mate, that has that large amount of helical so far forward on the shaft please? I want to get the fletching away from touching the side of my face also?
According to Halo nocks website it says up to weeks. "How long will Halo Nock stay lit? Halo Nock stays lit for days and even weeks, it just gets dimmer slowly over time."
Wish you had done this video a couple days ago before I ordered my Nockturnals. I've seen the Halo's advertised but figured they were another "nock off" (see what I did there?). Had I known the makers came from Nockturnal I would have given them a "shot" (I did it again!) Oh well, got my Nockturnals for 25% off during Prime Days plus a $10 mail-in rebate, so I can't complain. Can you test Woody's?
Currently I am testing these Halo nocks for the upcoming season. I like the idea of the Smart Nock as they are on to something. No tools, plungers, switches and the easiest to use. They are rechargeable! They are "heavy" at 44 grains! At this time, they don't make them for 4mm shafts and are only offered in green if that matters to you.
i have been messing with fletching size and foc. my conclusion is that foc and size of fletch are inversely related. even with fixed blades the higher the foc the smaller the fletchings. smaller/less resistant. in theory less velocity loss and quieter arow flight. im ecited to see what people think because that is a big pluss for me being a hunter and longer range target shooter.
What about Glory knocks? It seems to have same off switch, which is why I use them. Plus they are only $25 for a three pack, and made in the USA. Update, Just looked at my package of glory nocks and the are made by double take. And it looks like the they stopped making the glory nocks, or just changed the name to halo🤔
