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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: ADAHY on August 22, 2013, 03:48:10 PM

Title: firefly wind detection
Post by: ADAHY on August 22, 2013, 03:48:10 PM: Looking to make the switch from puff bottle to one of these, anyone use one? If so do you like it?
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: 724wd on August 22, 2013, 04:09:25 PM: might i ask why you are no longer happy with a puff bottle?
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: MattySuto on August 22, 2013, 04:11:21 PM: Quote from: 724wd on August 22, 2013, 04:09:25 PM
might i ask why you are no longer happy with a puff bottle?
:yeah:
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 22, 2013, 04:53:53 PM: never have to worry about batteries dying in a puff bottle, just have to make sure it doesn't run out.
firefly is bigger and heavier also.
I will stick with my puff bottle...
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: MattySuto on August 22, 2013, 05:05:31 PM: I usually stick to the old method of licking the finger an pointing to the sun :tung:
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: ADAHY on August 22, 2013, 05:09:12 PM: In certain light I'm having trouble seeing the puff. Can these be had in different colors? Looking at their web page the product looks to be very well built, made to last.
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Post by: jechicdr on August 29, 2013, 11:27:40 PM: Mine works OK, but not a ton better than the wind on the cheek.
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Post by: PolarBear on August 30, 2013, 12:03:54 AM: Grouse feather hanging from top limb or puff bottle. Everything else is added junk. :twocents:
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Post by: RadSav on August 30, 2013, 12:07:31 AM: Glen Berry turned me on to Atlas Glo Yarn 20 some years ago. Most of us have a ton of the stuff laying around from steelhead fishing. I keep all the short ends from tying egg balls in a 3X5" zipper type bag. The stuff is awesome!!! And one $3.99 bag will last about three years worth of wind testing as you only need to use a couple 1-2" fibers each time. I see the flo pink best, but nice thing is each person can choose the color their eye sees best. Can't do that with powder or LEDs.

A few strands will float for an hour it seems. And it is bright enough you can see what the wind is doing 20 yards away. There have been a lot of times I will think there is no way I can go after an animal in a particular spot. Send out a few bits of yarn and find out the wind changes 180 degrees five or ten yards of my location. No other compact wind detection system I know of can do that. Except maybe if you are hunting in a field of tansy gone to seed.

I still carry a puff bottle for quick reference. And I probably use it more than I should. But the puff bottle only gives you a small sample of what the wind is really doing. Try the fluffy yarn and I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Post by: Smossy on August 30, 2013, 12:09:11 AM: Good tip rad.
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: RadSav on August 30, 2013, 12:18:26 AM: Quote from: Smossy on August 30, 2013, 12:09:11 AM
Good tip rad.

Good tip Glen Berry!!!

Berry's Wind Drifter powder bottle is pretty nice too. Not as messy as Primos, better person to support than Moc Joe and when I drop the bottle out of my pocket (which I seem to do twenty times a day :bash:) the bright green bottle makes it easier to find. ;)
Title: Re: firefly wind detection
Post by: Smossy on August 30, 2013, 12:19:51 AM: Quote from: RadSav on August 30, 2013, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Smossy on August 30, 2013, 12:09:11 AM
Good tip rad.

Good tip Glen Berry!!!

Berry's Wind Drifter powder bottle is pretty nice too. Not as messy as Primos, better person to support than Moc Joe and when I drop the bottle out of my pocket (which I seem to do twenty times a day :bash:) the bright green bottle makes it easier to find. ;)
I stand corrected.