Well since I didn’t get any responses I bought one anyways. One of the better releases I’ve tried. When it comes to releases it’s honestly personal preference but the adjustability on it is easy same Allen key for trigger travel and tension adjustments. you can set it super heavy or really light and there’s a wide adjustment as far as trigger travel. Within about 2 minutes I had it set to how I like it. The thumb barrel was already in the perfect spot for me and I think I’ve grown a liking to the smaller thumb barrel. It’s super crisp on the shot and feels perfect in my hand. The weight of this release is spot on and the finger beds are perfect size for my hand. Cocking mechanism is easy to push down even when the tension is set heavy and closing the hook is even easier because of the ridges on the hook where I can lightly close it with the nock of my arrow. Only downside is that it’s made in China. I mostly buy American made products but had the cabelas card and decided to buy it and glad I did. Hope this helps anyone else looking for a review on this release.

 

I love mine.

I bought it 3 years ago. I was having target panic and trigger punching issues with my regular release so many trusted friends suggested trying a thumb release. I didn't want to dump a ton of money into a release I wasn't sure I'd like so I found a smoking dealer on a TruFire Synapse. I had never owned anything from TruFire (typically used Truball releases) but the price was too good to pass up so I bought it.

Fast forward to today... I'm shooting the same Synapse and bought a backup Synapse. I love the weight and fit in my hand (I shoot it in the 3-finger configuration). I especially love the dual triggers adjustments (travel and tension). The only thing I didn't care for at first was the small thumb barrel so I bought a UV replacement thumb barrel for it and it feels perfect in my hand now. I'd say it's a very underrated release but seeing how the price has done nothing but gone up, that tells me the demand for this release has also gone up so that kind of speaks for itself.

The picture is from the first year I had it (3 years ago). I have since added small pieces of hockey tape to add a little grip to the release. It gets a little slick when your hands are sweating and during the early season here in SC, it's plenty warm all the way into October so sweaty hands is are a reality. Lol!

 

I love mine.

I bought it 3 years ago. I was having target panic and trigger punching issues with my regular release so many trusted friends suggested trying a thumb release. I didn't want to dump a ton of money intoa release I wasn't sure I'd like so I found a smoking dealer on a TruFire Synapse. I had never owned anything from TruFire (typically used Truball releases) but the price was too good to pass up so I bought it.

Fast forward to today... I'm shooting the same Synapse and bought a backup Synapse. I love the weight and fit in my hand. I especially love the dual triggers adjustments (travel and tension). the only thing I didn't care for at first was the small thumb barrel so I bought a UV replacement thumb barrel for it and it feels perfect in my hand now. I'd say it's a very underrated release but seeing how the price has done nothing but gone up, that tells me the demand for this release has also gone up so that kind of speaks for itself.

The picture is from the first year I had it (3 years ago). I have since added small pieces of hockey tape to add a little grip to the release. It gets a little slick when your hands are sweating and during the early season here in SC, it's plenty warm all the way into October so sweaty hands is are a reality. Lol!

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it’s honestly an awesome release and extremely under rated. Really glad I bought it I’m very consistent with it. I need to grab a back up for sure. I usually use bigger thumb barrels myself but the stock barrel seems to grip my thumb really good. I’ve got some talon pistol grip left over so I’ll probably throw that on the finger beds like I usually do with all of my releases.

 

Ok my thumb barrel won’t stay tight what do I do I just got my second one had no problems out of the first one just wore it out the new one I go to set it up like my other the thumb barrel twist it’s annoying this hell out of me

 

Is the thread stripped? Or is the screw stripped that goes inside the barrel to lock it onto the post? You could try using thread tape on the post may tighten it down a bit or call tru fire and order a new post.