Maybe that is the old ones. I know they have changed "formula" so that water cannot so much get inside the foam.We've found that if they get wet, arrows are a pig to remove. I much prefer the slatted foam, if foam it must be
In a fresh danage foam the arrows can be a bit hard to pull out, I agree. But it quite quickly becomes easier. If you arrows goes through that target if it it a joint line, then it is because you haven't compressed the foam modules enough. One of the archers in my club say the opposite: If the arrows hit in a joint line, the arrows are harder to pull out. That can be because in our target wall the friction between foam modules are quite high.we have 2 and they have a few problems ... like if you put an arrow in the joins between blocks. that sucker is going straight through!
getting compound launched arrows out is a nightmare ... at at least they do stop eventually!
They are much lighter than slatted foam or straw
We've had the danages for a couple of years and so far havent ruined them!
There's a tech spec document on the Danage website that quotes 6000 arrows into a single XD block, so their 9x9 XD model is theoretically good for 54000 arrows with no maintenance other than shuffling the blocks about. I ended up buying an Eros layered foam boss for about a third of the cost of a Danage instead.Also one must be aware that the 6000 shots (where do you see that by the way) - is if you spread the shots over the 44x44 module and perhaps inclusive to turn the target around (or maybe you get 6000 shots on one side and perhaps 4000 on the backside), when the front side is worn to some extend.
So it was 1/3 of the cost - how was the "arrow" life compared? If the amount of arrows shot into it is 1/3 or less than in a Danage target, then the Eros is a more expensive choice. It is very interesting to see the different archers opinions on target materials.There's a tech spec document on the Danage website that quotes 6000 arrows into a single XD block, so their 9x9 XD model is theoretically good for 54000 arrows with no maintenance other than shuffling the blocks about. I ended up buying an Eros layered foam boss for about a third of the cost of a Danage instead.
-- R.
A bit early to tell, I guess. It's only me shooting on it, either Fatboys from a 50lb compound or Triples from a 36lb recurve. In the house so quite close at 8m. I've shot about 1300 arrows so far, roughly 70:30 in favour of compound, using 6-spot Danage targets for compound and 3-spot 40cm for recurve. So far I'm getting about 300 arrows in the 6-spots before the Fatboys start to go a bit deep and I move the face about 5cm to a fresher bit of foam. I haven't had to move the 3-spots at all and after about 360 arrows the foam is still looking very fresh. Based on the size of the boss (95cm) and the ability to restack the foam I recon that it's going to be good for at least 30,000 with the compound before I'll have to get some new foam (and I can replace all of the foam for about the same as the cost of a single Danage XHD block).So it was 1/3 of the cost - how was the "arrow" life compared? If the amount of arrows shot into it is 1/3 or less than in a Danage target, then the Eros is a more expensive choice. It is very interesting to see the different archers opinions on target materials.