I have one that I hunted with this season. I used the Garmin Xero some last year and I will say the Burris is easier to set up. It ranges true and is as simple to adjust as a conventional sight.
What sold me in the beginning is the lifetime warranty...not just to the original owner.

I took it off my bow a couple weeks ago and put my HHA back on. Just decided I wanted to get back to basics on my bow. If you’re interested in a good buy on one in like new condition, send me a PM.

 

I just bought one a few weeks ago to put on my next bow, what was the disadvantages of hunting with it? How well does it do on steep angle shots? I read a ton of reviews but any tip would be great.

 

I got the full demonstration of them at the ATA. I was very impressed. No glass to get wet like the garmin, it has fail safe pins to set so if the battery were to die you can still set up to three pins i believe, lifetime no questions warranty, etc. i will be getting one. The only down side is the weight. i believe they're roughly a pound? Other than that they're awesome and i'm not sure how what else they could do to improve the thing.

 

Only negative I've heard is the pin being to bright at dusk and dawn. You can adjust it but it doesn't stay set if the unit shuts off.

 

How do you know you are actually ranging the animal? I get it if you are in the wide open but what about in the timber when the deer is 37 yards away and you have a window to shoot through.

I struggle knowing if I am really ranging the deer sometime or a tree, grass, stump etc.

 

On the Burris, you use the 20 yard pin on the sight to range the animal. Then it gives another pin that matches the ranged distance.

 

I bought it and had to return it. It's great in almost every way. I even did a bunch of ranging targets off my farmers porch in heavy rain and it worked fine.

The deal breaker for me was the brightness issue. It's just not useable for hunting the way it's set up now. When you turn it on by default it's way, way too bright. So you have to manually turn it down. Then after like 90 seconds or something it will turn off and when you turn it back on again it's once again way, way too bright. So I couldn't envision a hunting scenario where it wouldn't be a huge distraction.

There are a couple of easy fixes for this.

1. Set the default brightness down to the lowest setting. Users can turn it up if they are in a bright field or something but 90% of the time when hunting you want it low.

2. Have a memory so it remembers what the last brightness setting is.

3. Have a sensor so it automatically detects brightness and sets accordingly. I don't trust them to do this and get it right.

4. Best option: have a knob that you can turn manually with your gloved hand that sets the brightness. It could be used in the low light before you even turn it on and is foolproof.

I'm waiting until they fix the brightness issue to buy one again, which they told me over the phone they are going to do but didn't give a timeline.

It's sort of shocking they messed up something so basic. Whoever designed this wasn't a hunter.

Everything else about it is great, though. Love the no glass. Love the ruggedness. It's barely heavier than my HHA single pin slider. It's well built.