Cypher 3 Bow Sight

2nd 1 ive owned. big housing bright pins tooles adjustment way less money

Easy to assemble, came in without a scratch and very accurate. I had to replace my old ones that were a different brand due to damage. I am not complaining.

I bought this sight as an upgrade to an older Trophy Ridge, and was excited about the extra length of the sight bar, the addition of clear fiber housing, and the tool-less coarse adjustment knobs. I slapped it on my bow and I've been shooting with it for the past 10 months or so.The rubber coating is a bit of a gimmick, as I didnt see any noticeable reduction of vibration or noise. If anything, it's a hassle, since it creates huge amounts of friction between the components when trying to finely adjust the pins or the housing.The pins are plenty bright in any lighting situation, thanks to the clear fiber housing and the included fiber light. Each one is adjustable, via some set screws on the side of the sight, which is pretty much par for the course as far as these kinds of sights are considered.The tool-less adjustment knobs allow for the housing to be adjusted without a set of hex keys, for coarse windage and elevation, but moving the individual pins requires the keys. It's a rather crude system, but it works and is durable enough that it shouldn't spontaneously fail.I've only found two issues with it in the last 10 months of use. Firstly, the coating is a pain like I said, due to friction between components and the fact that it picks up little nicks and marks quite easily. Secondly, one of my pins broke! The plastic blade that holds the fiber out in the sight housing snapped clean in half. This is a rather unusual place to see a break, since there's nominally no stress in that area. Fortunately the sight is warrantied, so I'll update this review after I call in, just to see what the customer service is like.As far as the sight goes, great visibility, decent adjustment options. Poor coating choice, and potentially problematic pin durability. I recommend the Micro version of this system, which has true micro adjustment knobs, which fixes the issues with friction between parts, for a very comparable price.

I'm a pretty experienced bow hunter (10 years), so I've been through a few bow sights. I can confidently say that this is not a good one.Pros--The pins are bright so I didn't need to use the light until it was very low light outside.-Its light weight-elevation and windage do not creep when setCons--The windage and elevation gang adjustments are very coarse and sloppy when the tool less adjustment knob is loosened. Even for a site that isn't supposed to be micro adjustable. It's the worse I've seen.-The individual pin adjustments are made by loosening an allen screw and sliding them up and down a track, but there is a metal spacer in the track on each pin that doesn't fit snug, so it slops around and doesn't tighten down square. Very frustrating to finely adjust.- The pins are all the same color, Flo green, except for the third one which is red. This makes no sense to me and is asking for a mistake to be made in the heat of the moment. Every other sight I had used different or alternating colors. Very poor design for hunting.-The third pin (red one) is longer than the rest, so it will never be aligned vertically with the other 4 pins. The third pin for me is 40 yards. This pin hits about 4" to the left due to its offset and there is no way to change this alignment. Why??? Please Trophy Ridge, explain that to me...absolutely astonished by that one.-The reflective ring that you see around the housing of the sight that you are supposed to align your peep with, it came off within a few days of having the site on my bow. I super glued it back on, but seriously, I shouldn't have to do that on a brand new site.-The rheostat light seemed nice at first, until I actually tried using it at low light. The problem is it isn't consistent. It is supposed to start off at the lowest setting and gradually get brighter as you turn the knob. Well it does that sometimes. Other times it just goes full brightness at the slightest touch, which is far too bright to be useful for anything by the way. It's hard to explain, but you can just tell it's a cheap piece of crap, and I really dont trust it to work properly when it counts. Also, the red pin is no where near as bright as the green ones with the light on. Not a real problem because I'm not shooting 40 yards at low light, but it's still a noticeable difference and another Trophy Ridge oversight with this product.-Some of the plastic parts on the site will likely not last through the first deer season. We'll see, but I will definitely have my old cobra on hand at all times, just in case, or maybe I'll return this thing and try a different brand.

I didn't think a sight could really make that big of a difference but it did! I`ve bow hunted since I was 14 and I`m now 50. I took a 8-9yr break from hunting but returned 4yrs ago. Man was I surprised to see all the changes in archery. Even so, I would have never thought just a sight could tighten my groups so much. Yes I was shooting a Trophy Ridge Punisher 5 pin but it done the job until a pin broke. I have 2 new bows by the way, this went on my PSE Sinister. I went to this and now its lights out! I like the length, small pins, size, just everything about it. I almost went with a more expensive one but I`m happy I didn't. The only thing it has on this is that you only sight in the 20 an 30yrd pins and a bit more micro adjustment, well I LIKE sighting in my sight, and this really does make it easy, simple really! I had to go with a larger peep but other than that it was an easy, simple swap that helped when I didn't think it would! BTW I waited almost the whole hunting season before writing this review....

I had a much cheaper smaller sight that came on my starter bow. This is significantly nicer! The pins are SO bright, even in the setting sunlight, and without the battery powered light which is illegal to use where I am hunting. The sight is also quite large, so it is easy to see. I actually wish the sight was a touch smaller, but it is okay. The circle is plastic, but seems to be pretty durable as I have already taken it out hunting quite a lot this season and it gets bumped around and nothing has happened yet. Seems like a really great deal, and I am very happy with it.

Great sight!!

Thank You!

Love this sight. Good price easy to adjust