[hoyt275]

For years I have shot hooded speciality archery peeps with clarifier. I see most using elongated peeps nowadays… why? Is there a benefit? Maybe For glare… am I missing out on something here.

 

[Hoyt crx 32]

Only reason I can see to use the elongated peep would be to beat glare on your lens or to prevent water on your glass, just a guess, Sonny might chime in with a better answer.
Good luck

 

[kballer1]

Problem if they are not stright to your eye you loose some field of view.

 

[SonnyThomas]

Tim Gillingham was the first I know of that used shrink tubing to elongate his peep. Later came the Peep N Tom, a elongated peep that accepts Archery Specialty orifices. About the same time Archery Specialty advertised the elongated peep and shrink tubing for peeps. Archery Specialty calls it a Peep Shade, more like it is.

The Peep N Tom was last list in the 2019-2020 Lancaster Catalog. Possibly still availabe, but would have to call Lancaster.

I tried the shrink tubing. If anything it seemed to give a cleaner view down range. Once I changed peeps I never went with the tubing again. Some say it prevented glare in the peep, helpful prehaps if using a clarifier or verifier.

Like kballer1 noted, if not straight at full draw you'll have problems seeing.

I've spoke with some that use the elongated peep. They liked them but told of if it doesn't come straight at full draw you're screwed.

Peep N Tom ------- Hamskea ---------- Archery Specialty. Hamskea and Archery Specialty were designed for both 37 and 45 degrees. Peep N Tom, you had to order either 37 or 45 degrees.

A bit over done, but said it worked - hooded peep and shrink tubing.

 

[hoyt275]

So the benefit of these vs. just regular hooded peep is…? Maybe a cleaner picture down range?

 

[TNMAN]

You'll get less impact drift (toward the sun) as targets switch directions and/or as the sun crosses the sky. It even works somewhat indoors as light conditions change from practice bales to the line, or as shooters are moved closer together in shootoffs. One thing is for sure, most pro shooters are using them for target. I'd rather use a conventional round peep for hunting. Specialty has been my preference for the last 15 years.

edit: I haven't used a hooded peep since the old Pap Peeps, probably 30 years ago, but liked them at the time.

 

[hoyt275]

Thanks for the info. I have so many hooded peeps and all the clarifiers I need for them. Maybe for 10 bucks I will buy the shrink tube from speciality archery and see what’s it’s like. As far as I can tell, It essentially is the same thing as say the podium peep etc?