Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Xero A1i Bow Sight, 2" Auto-Ranging Digital Bow Sight with Laser Locate, Dual-Color LED Pins for Unobstructed Vie
Average customer rating
4.9
(13 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 13 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Garmin - Xero A1i Bow Sight, 2" Auto-Ranging Digital Bow Sight with Laser Locate, Dual-Color LED Pins for Unobstructed Vie
Customer Rating
5
A must have
on August 15, 2024
Posted by: Crackers57
This is a must have product. I own one for all my bows and the setup on the A1i Pro is extremely easy. I even have one on my crossbow
Response from GarminBy Garmin, August 15, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great
on June 30, 2024
Posted by: Brendan R
No guess work... no range finder... aim point shoot but the setup is awful it took me about two days and 8 plus hours to finally get it right
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Information is key
on October 30, 2023
Posted by: Frank R
from jacksonville, NC, US
I have shot bow my entire life, but when I joined the military I stopped. Last year I started big game hunting when I got stationed in the North Carolina, since I am still active duty I travel a lot for training. The aero bow sight allows me to track and record my shots so I can continue to honing in my bow in between hunts. It takes a lot
Of the guess work out when hunting, allowing you to be consistent without having to stress about constantly shooting
Of the guess work out when hunting, allowing you to be consistent without having to stress about constantly shooting
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Exceptional!
on February 26, 2023
Posted by: Bret W
If you have the funds, this bow sight will be hard to beat! It gave me the confidence to shoot my bow from any distance and height. The price is higher than your average bow sight but figuring in the price that you would spend on a range finder makes it equal out. Setup can be a little tricky and time consuming the outcome is more than worth it! I would recommend this optic to anyone, beginners to experts!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
on November 20, 2022
Posted by: Chester C
I had problems with initial setup but once it was set up it worked good
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
on October 27, 2022
Posted by: Richard F
from Roanoke, VA, US
excellent product, can be confusing to set it up, but once you do it works great
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Simply Deadly
on October 21, 2022
Posted by: JIM G
I now have purchased two of the Garmin Xero A1i Pro sights and have them in use on my two primary bows. One standard version and one Hoyt version. Overall I am extremely happy with performance of the sights. The installation was straightforward, no issues, lots of good instructions and videos available to guide you through the process. I had no issues aligning the sights which allows the laser to precisely hit the target to acquire the range and then to illuminate the exact point of aim. After going through the configuration process, essentially populating inputs for the sight's exact position, arrow characteristics, velocity...and then zeroing the sight in at two distances, its ready for action. The most recent set up is on a 2022 Hoyt Carbon RX7 paired with Easton Injexion 400 w/titanium ¬Ω out excerts (70.5lbs pull 433grains arrow moving at 301fps). This particular set up gets my max distance to 92yds w/o shifting sight for extended range. The other set up is on a 2021 Mathews V3 (65lbs pull 409gr arrow at 298fps) max distance on this one is 88 yards. You can increase max distance by positioning your closest aiming position higher in the aperture.
Pros:
° Simply Deadly! No need to range then draw and hope the animal doesn't move. Just draw whenever you are ready, hold the range button, aim ranging dot at animal, release button and your point of aim is immediately illuminated, then make your shot.
° Huge advantage when calling elk or other animals in when you just don't have time to range and the animal isn't holding still when you need to draw. This is true for deer when they are in the chasing phase. Don't get caught with your rangefinder in your hand when you should be at full draw!
° Well built, sight is solid, holds zero. I banged around the Gila Mountains on a New Mexico elk hunt for 10 days in September w/no issues. In and out of trucks, side by sides, strapped on my pack while on my QuietKat...no problems at all.
° Repeatable zero, had to pull the Garmin off for my Colorado elk hunt and bolt my CBE back on. The day I got back home Garmin went back on and no change to point of impact.
° Aiming points are automatically angle compensated, great benefit for treestand shots just below you or extreme angles in the mountains.
° No issue seeing a pin in any light condition.
Cons:
° A bit pricey but the deadly performance and quality are worth it in my mind
° Not legal in all states, it was painful to have to pull my Garmin off to hunt Colorado last month. Mechanically simple but mentally painful because I felt less deadly.
° My vision is not what it once was and I personally find it difficult to be as precise holding an illuminated dot on a target compared to an .010" pin. I suspect there is an element of target panic involved here as well. What is very interesting is that my 30 yard groups and 80 yard groups are consistently very similar in size with the Garmin. But I'm not blowing nocks off arrows at 30 like I would be with my CBE. At the end of the day, the slight bit of precision I compromise is FAR outweighed by how much more deadly the sight is compared to a traditional pin sight.
° The Hoyt pic rail mount did not allow enough adjustment to get the sight far enough to the right to zero in. I had to go back to the standard mount and was able to zero. BTW the bow is tuned precisely, shooting perfect bullet holes in paper.
° Not an issue for many shooters but I really enjoy practicing at 100-130yards and with my set ups I can only get out to around 90 w/o setting up an extended range position which the sight is capable of but I have not tried yet.
Bottom line: There is absolutely no doubt this sight will increase the users effectiveness in any foreseeable hunting situation. The ability to focus on when to draw without any concern of knowing the range to the target is a massive benefit. Having a single aiming point eliminates the potential to have a mental failure from "buck fever" and hold all your pins on an animal as you fire. Allows for exact range point of aim, no more having to think about bracketing between 2 pins when your target is 45 yards. Makes flatter trajectory less critical since you always have a precise point of aim for every shot, this makes lower draw weight and/or heavier arrows viable options. Garmin did a great job on this one!
Pros:
° Simply Deadly! No need to range then draw and hope the animal doesn't move. Just draw whenever you are ready, hold the range button, aim ranging dot at animal, release button and your point of aim is immediately illuminated, then make your shot.
° Huge advantage when calling elk or other animals in when you just don't have time to range and the animal isn't holding still when you need to draw. This is true for deer when they are in the chasing phase. Don't get caught with your rangefinder in your hand when you should be at full draw!
° Well built, sight is solid, holds zero. I banged around the Gila Mountains on a New Mexico elk hunt for 10 days in September w/no issues. In and out of trucks, side by sides, strapped on my pack while on my QuietKat...no problems at all.
° Repeatable zero, had to pull the Garmin off for my Colorado elk hunt and bolt my CBE back on. The day I got back home Garmin went back on and no change to point of impact.
° Aiming points are automatically angle compensated, great benefit for treestand shots just below you or extreme angles in the mountains.
° No issue seeing a pin in any light condition.
Cons:
° A bit pricey but the deadly performance and quality are worth it in my mind
° Not legal in all states, it was painful to have to pull my Garmin off to hunt Colorado last month. Mechanically simple but mentally painful because I felt less deadly.
° My vision is not what it once was and I personally find it difficult to be as precise holding an illuminated dot on a target compared to an .010" pin. I suspect there is an element of target panic involved here as well. What is very interesting is that my 30 yard groups and 80 yard groups are consistently very similar in size with the Garmin. But I'm not blowing nocks off arrows at 30 like I would be with my CBE. At the end of the day, the slight bit of precision I compromise is FAR outweighed by how much more deadly the sight is compared to a traditional pin sight.
° The Hoyt pic rail mount did not allow enough adjustment to get the sight far enough to the right to zero in. I had to go back to the standard mount and was able to zero. BTW the bow is tuned precisely, shooting perfect bullet holes in paper.
° Not an issue for many shooters but I really enjoy practicing at 100-130yards and with my set ups I can only get out to around 90 w/o setting up an extended range position which the sight is capable of but I have not tried yet.
Bottom line: There is absolutely no doubt this sight will increase the users effectiveness in any foreseeable hunting situation. The ability to focus on when to draw without any concern of knowing the range to the target is a massive benefit. Having a single aiming point eliminates the potential to have a mental failure from "buck fever" and hold all your pins on an animal as you fire. Allows for exact range point of aim, no more having to think about bracketing between 2 pins when your target is 45 yards. Makes flatter trajectory less critical since you always have a precise point of aim for every shot, this makes lower draw weight and/or heavier arrows viable options. Garmin did a great job on this one!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
A1i
on June 4, 2022
Posted by: Heather B
As a bow tech and hunter, this is my top recommend sight. The ability to range a target and get a pin as while drawn back is game changing. Set up is a breeze and the sight has many features that will improve your shooting. I have put this sight to the test with hunts and target shooting and would recommend it over any other.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin