"Brand New 40 Durable 30" Fiberglass Arrows Free Post"
May 10, 2011 20:02:51 GMT
Post by Greg on May 10, 2011 20:02:51 GMT
Edit!:
Ok, the following review was written after only a couple days of having these arrows. After having them for... about a month now, I can no longer give them my recommendation. During EVERY volly, at least one of them gets a loose fletching. The nocks are starting to either outright break, or fall off the shaft. Several heads have snapped off as well.
However, I ordered the "6 Dozen" arrows mentioned later in this thread, so we'll see how they do.
2nd Edit: It seems the rate at which the arrows have broken has now stabalized. I still use these with my 45 lb bow, and I haven't had a break in months. I wouldn't use them on anything higher then a 45# tho, and even after all the headache these things have given me, I do not regret the purchase.
-Resume Original Review-
Hello!
Just wanted to stop in real quick to do a quick review on these arrows I bought from E-bay. If you Copy/Paste
"Brand New 40 Durable 30" Fiberglass Arrows Free Post"
into Ebay, you'll find the item.
These arrows came INCREDIBLY fast. I believe the Ebayer was "TinyBearShop" who sells everything from CNC machines to disco lights. Well, they also sell arrows.
Like I said before, the arrows came really fast. I think it was less then 2 weeks, but I forgot to take note of when they arrived.
For $1.70 per arrow, these things are a steal. Does that mean that they are perfect? Heck no, here is the biggest flaw:
The picture really didn't capture it (or maybe it did for the people who know what to look for, but the area where the nock attaches to the shaft is not a smooth transition at all.
I've only been shooting a few months, on and off. So when I got these, I just nocked one up and started shooting. Well, the arrows were going every which way and I started to get really bummed out. Granted, it was $70 bucks for 40 arrows, so I wasn't really expecting much. As it turned out, this little lip on the nock was smacking into my bow. I'm glad I caught on to this when I did because when I looked at my bow, there were a couple gouges in the wood. :shock:
To remedy this, I simply took that area to a low speed belt sander. At first I tried the belt sander from Harbor Frieght, but it was to fast and would melt the plastic. I'm sure a dremmel with a flap wheel, or any other sanding/grinding method would work too.
As far as how they fly, I really couldn't be happier (now that I smoothed out that lip.)
After a solid 5 hours of shooting I had the following casualty report:
3 loose fletchings
2 broken heads
1 broken shaft
The fletchings were expected, and the heads snapping off were from where my friends tried to pull the arrow out of a buried root by grabbing onto the shaft instead of the head.
The broken shaft was a fluke. An arrow flew into the target kinda sideways, and then a few shots down the line, an arrow struck the shaft and shattered it. I can't really fault the quality of the arrows for breaking under said circumstances.
I would HIGHLY recommend these arrows to the novice archer, with the assumption that the archer has the ability to smooth out the lip on the nock. You probably won't win any archery competitions with these, but shooting 40 arrows at a time, to build the muscle and the muscle memory to shoot better, really helps.
Ok, the following review was written after only a couple days of having these arrows. After having them for... about a month now, I can no longer give them my recommendation. During EVERY volly, at least one of them gets a loose fletching. The nocks are starting to either outright break, or fall off the shaft. Several heads have snapped off as well.
However, I ordered the "6 Dozen" arrows mentioned later in this thread, so we'll see how they do.
2nd Edit: It seems the rate at which the arrows have broken has now stabalized. I still use these with my 45 lb bow, and I haven't had a break in months. I wouldn't use them on anything higher then a 45# tho, and even after all the headache these things have given me, I do not regret the purchase.
-Resume Original Review-
Hello!
Just wanted to stop in real quick to do a quick review on these arrows I bought from E-bay. If you Copy/Paste
"Brand New 40 Durable 30" Fiberglass Arrows Free Post"
into Ebay, you'll find the item.
These arrows came INCREDIBLY fast. I believe the Ebayer was "TinyBearShop" who sells everything from CNC machines to disco lights. Well, they also sell arrows.
Like I said before, the arrows came really fast. I think it was less then 2 weeks, but I forgot to take note of when they arrived.
For $1.70 per arrow, these things are a steal. Does that mean that they are perfect? Heck no, here is the biggest flaw:
The picture really didn't capture it (or maybe it did for the people who know what to look for, but the area where the nock attaches to the shaft is not a smooth transition at all.
I've only been shooting a few months, on and off. So when I got these, I just nocked one up and started shooting. Well, the arrows were going every which way and I started to get really bummed out. Granted, it was $70 bucks for 40 arrows, so I wasn't really expecting much. As it turned out, this little lip on the nock was smacking into my bow. I'm glad I caught on to this when I did because when I looked at my bow, there were a couple gouges in the wood. :shock:
To remedy this, I simply took that area to a low speed belt sander. At first I tried the belt sander from Harbor Frieght, but it was to fast and would melt the plastic. I'm sure a dremmel with a flap wheel, or any other sanding/grinding method would work too.
As far as how they fly, I really couldn't be happier (now that I smoothed out that lip.)
After a solid 5 hours of shooting I had the following casualty report:
3 loose fletchings
2 broken heads
1 broken shaft
The fletchings were expected, and the heads snapping off were from where my friends tried to pull the arrow out of a buried root by grabbing onto the shaft instead of the head.
The broken shaft was a fluke. An arrow flew into the target kinda sideways, and then a few shots down the line, an arrow struck the shaft and shattered it. I can't really fault the quality of the arrows for breaking under said circumstances.
I would HIGHLY recommend these arrows to the novice archer, with the assumption that the archer has the ability to smooth out the lip on the nock. You probably won't win any archery competitions with these, but shooting 40 arrows at a time, to build the muscle and the muscle memory to shoot better, really helps.