I am going to be picking up some lighted nocks soon and I am deciding between nockturnals and carbon express launch pads. I am shooting carbon express maxima blue streak selects 350. Anyone have any suggestions or what lighted nocks work for you(and what arrow you are using)?
Launchpads should wok really well with your CE Maximas and probably will fit best. Quite a few guys used them last year.
I've used both and like both. I have Nockturnals on my Easton Bloodlines and put Launchpads on my nephews Easton Carbon Raider arrows for him. Both worked great last season for us.
I ended up getting the launch pads. I'm sure both are great but I was leaning towards the launchpads.
I've only used Nockturnals. Never had a failure. I do have a problem finding the the "H" size for my Easton Epics in local stores, everyone has the "S" nock. Sent from my iPad Mini using Tapatalk Bows, Broadheads and Backstraps
Ya I went and shot them tonight and I like them a lot so far. I'm also getting into self filming this year and I have always thought that the lighted nocks look very cool and it makes it a ton easier to see the arrow in the video.
Launch pads are very hard to get on and I don't think you could ever get them off if you damaged an arrow and wanted to change one out. I have the on my CE piledrivers. I use luminocks on all my other arrows. They shut off by pulling on them like the launch pads but they don't turn on you like the launchpads. Just don't get Nochturnals. What a pain shutting them off. The fact they have videos online showing a little tool on how to turn them off is reason enough not to buy them IMO. I had a set and one turned on climbing up in my stand and as I'm trying to F#€£ with it to shut it off the whole nock shoots out of my arrow to the ground lighted. Also I like to use lighted nocks when practicing sometimes and to have to use a little tool ever time to shut them off is BS. I hear you need to clean the blood out of them after a kill shot also or the switch won't work. http://youtu.be/pehODObHR9A Luminocks work ever time time and just simply pull on them to shut them off.
love the nockturnals. I just use a field point and the turn right off. Hated the launchpads. bought two. Both of them broke when I tried to get them out of the arrows.
Just curious... why not blue? I shoot the blue and love them. They don't show up quite as well in full daylight, but that's not really when I want them for anyway. Early morning and late evening they really show up well. Did they not work as well for you?
I had zero issues with Lumenoks this season. Went off every time and I didnt ever see them on preshot on stand or in my case in the truck. Took 30 seconds to file the knock down to fit just right on my bemon arrows.
I bought the Nocturnals and I have 400grain Bemin ICS Bow Hunters. Way to loose. Two times I shot and the damn nock was still attached to my DLoop lol but the arrow went flying. Let's just say the trajectory was not as I anticipated lol. I'm gonna try something else this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I asker my local dealer this question, so he looked the battery life up in his catalog and said that the Launchpads have a battery life of 8 hrs for red and 50 hrs for green. I shoot the Nocturnals and was going to switch to the Launchpads but decided not to because the red Nocturnals are 21 hrs. I agree some of the others as I am not a big fan of the way the Nocturnals turn of with the button however I have never had them accidentally turn on in my quiver or case like some other brands.
