Continuing with the 'solving problems' theme....
Indoors the usual sports-hall lighting isn't anywhere near good enough to give a really good glow to flo-type sight pins. The Sjef is
much better than the Infitec, yes, but even cranked all the way up it isn't as bright as I'd like. I also spoke to a club-mate using a Spigerelli flo-pin sight who has exactly the same issues.
A bit of 'tube research revealed this nice little mod suggestion...
So, he suggests using a Shibuya replacement fibre, but being a true value seeker I did a bit more digging & found
this on eBay which is eight times longer for a quarter of the price. Should be here by Saturday
As
ArcheryBlog was using the Decut Tawant pin I also had a dig around for best prices on that. Again, eBay was a vastly better-value option taking P&P into consideration compared with the 'big 6' shops. (The best I saw from a shop was £9.99 plus £3.99 P&P, dearest was £12 plus £3.39 P&P)
So, I ordered
from this seller for £8.72 delivered. Saved at least a fiver
- Yes, the specialist shops will always be my go-to for anything costing more than about £20 but for single-item orders, well, I'm sure they won't miss a couple of quid this time.
Plan A is to start with a very long piece of F.O.C. & cut it down bit-by-bit to find a good compromise between brightness & convenience, then find a good mounting method, prolly (eventually) involving a wee blob of Milliput but prolly starting with insulating tape for easy testing. If it works I'll share any unused FOC with interested club members.
- Of course this wee project will be fully documented, with pix. Watch this space!
Other news is that I'm gonna do my first two indoor tourneys in November - Deffo the
Killingworth Open (Portsmouth & Worcester) on 3rd & prolly the
Ivernia Open on 24th (WA18)