Or conversely higher arrow speeds with the same draw weight. People (including low draw weight me) have always been able to reach 100 yards with Ali arrows.Lighter shafts means less draw weight needed to get the longer distances.
How do you determine this? Reach a kind of score plateau and need something to move you to the next level? Get upset with wind blowing arrows all over the place?Rik said:I'd guess that most people start shooting outdoors wil ali shafts, and only move up to carbon when they need to.
Can anyone explain to me why this trend exists? You'd expect to find something, somewhere that was both the best at its job and cheap, if only by accident! And before the barrage - I know certain materials are more expensive, but why are they always the better ones?The direction of heavy to light is the same direction as increased arrow performance (unfortunately it's also the same direction as arrow cost)
Murphys LawCan anyone explain to me why this trend exists? You'd expect to find something, somewhere that was both the best at its job and cheap, if only by accident! And before the barrage - I know certain materials are more expensive, but why are they always the better ones?
That's a little unrealistic... If you produce something that is unarguably the best in the market, then you can probably charge what you like for it... The driver is how much the market will bear.tel said:Can anyone explain to me why this trend exists? You'd expect to find something, somewhere that was both the best at its job and cheap, if only by accident! And before the barrage - I know certain materials are more expensive, but why are they always the better ones?
The "getting upset" is probably the most common reason. Either with the arrow performance in wind, or just the sightmarks. Some people find they can't reach the longer distances very well and buy carbon shafts to help. There shouldn't be any score plateau. Aluminium shafts are (if anything) more inherently accurate than carbon, though there's not a great deal in it. But as Joe said, carbon wins on performance.Merlin83b said:How do you determine this? Reach a kind of score plateau and need something to move you to the next level? Get upset with wind blowing arrows all over the place?
Easton Vectors are crude? McKinneys certainly weren't, neither were the Beman Divas... Just because Easton sticks an Aluminium core in it's most expensive shafts, doesn't automatically make all-carbon shafts crude...GeoffT said:All but the crudest carbons are built around a thin aluminum core and so can also be found easily by a metal detector
I have also been to some target competitions where all carbon arrows are not allowed. This is where you are shooting on a field that is used for other sports such as cricket, ******** or rugby. Organisors can be wary of not finding an arrow and later there is an injury, may be a bit over-cautious but I suppose better to be safe than sorry.GeoffT said:All but the crudest carbons are built around a thin aluminum core and so can also be found easily by a metal detector
Firstly, as this forum proves, nothing is unarguably the best.That's a little unrealistic... If you produce something that is unarguably the best in the market, then you can probably charge what you like for it... The driver is how much the market will bear.
Hmmm more a case of some arrows are better for a given job, that can't be denied. ie an ACE/Triple will out perform an X7 for a gents Fita at 90m in a wind.tel said:Firstly, as this forum proves, nothing is unarguably the best.
Secondly, charging what you like because you can wasn't really my point - I was thinking more materials. Like tungsten is better than SS, but is also much dearer.