Your premise that the reason to have a carbon bow is wrong. It isn’t because it’s lighter. It’s because it’s warmer. These are hunting bows, and metal is cold when it’s cold out. My tripod I use for glassing is carbon for the same reason. It sucks to have cold hands while hunting, and these carbon devices almost feel warm when you’re in the woods. I’ll never own another metal riser bow for that reason. Oh, they’re lighter, too? That’s nice, but it’s not why I’ve purchased two carbon riser bows so far. I haven’t seen any RU-vid reviewer get this right, so don’t be put off. But I wish someone would point this out!
If they could come in with it at $1500 I think it would be a much more viable option for more people... And as for all of these sight in the center of the bow things, I'm not 100 percent sure but I really agree with what Nate Sellers said on my podcast... It's great marketing but that's about it...
The bridge lock system on the Mathews is sweet. With a good dovetail bar like the black gold, that thing is rock solid in there and completely midline.
@@torreyintahoe I don't doubt it, but what is the point of mounting it in the riser vs 1/2" to the right? I know a lot of people having issues with the sight being too far left after that. I think in the future it will end up being more useful, maybe I just haven't thought of the possibilies yet. Seems kinda pointless right now, but I hope I am proven wrong. I'm all for advances that make the sport better, but am not a fan of marketing gimmicks.
Just picked up a ventum pro 30. Shot the rx7 and I could not feel the $600 difference between the two bows. unless you are going for the lightest setup possible the ventum pro 30 is killer for price point and just a great bow
I don't understand why guys buy an over priced bow because it's lighter, then load it down with those giant ass stabilizers. Maybe if they bought the bow that's a little heavier they wouldn't need all that extra crap on their bow lol.
I kind of envy the guys who can afford the new archery gear. I started bow hunting back in the 80s and used to buy a new bow every year or two. I'm retired, on a fixed income now and just can't justify spending a thousand bucks or more for a bow. It saddens me to say, because of the cost involved I haven't bow hunted for the last five years or so. With today's economy, the costs of licenses, equipment, fuel, etc. has pushed a lot of us regular guys out of hunting. The state wildlife departments, and hunting equipment manufacturers keep asking why the sales numbers are down. A big percentage of the hunters were us "Boomers", they have priced us out of the sport through their greed!
The only thing I like about the new Hoyts is that they went with a tri-track cam design, much like the Bowtechs, but without the Deadlock system to shift the cams by turning an Allen key. Still, it's much better than the stupid floating yoke systems and having to make 4 or 5 strings when replacing them (I make my own strings and cables).
I like Kifaru Aron Snyder point . All the bows are good , it’s really just about finding one for your body Frame. You just go make the dealers let you try them all and not let them sell you one what they need to get out the door , and don’t sell your self on RU-vid reviews. Personally my next bow will be carbon but only because of cold hands on metal . But like Aron Snyder said you don’t need a new bow every year . You have to give time with one bow like every 5 years
I bought a new RX 5 last year and found a major design flaw, when I put my Axcel sight on it, I noticed it looked cooked to the arrow! Upon further examination I found the sights needed shimmed to keep the sight Parallel with my center shot arrow! Called buddy who is tied in sort of with Hoyt and they said "yeah, you found an issue".....funny they don't even offer it this year???? I ended up buying a V3 and lovin it!
So all this said and done is there ANY significant changes that would make me upgrade from a rx3 i personally don't see a huge jump in tech that I just can't live without ...if that makes sense love to hear your thoughts
I bought one because it checked all of the boxes that mean the most to me. Great draw cycle, no vibration, quiet, and just really fun to shoot. Plus, I bowhunt until the end of December, so I wanted to test how carbon doesn’t transfer cold to the hands. I’ve test shot every RX model since the RX1, and each has steadily gotten better than the last. This year’s RX7, especially the Ultra, with the new riser design, better cam design that minimizes cam lean, and the fact that the bow has MUCH less vibration than previous generations (yes, it IS better than the RX3-5 variants), made it worth the purchase. In my opinion, it feels better on the draw, AND the shot, than the Mathews V3X this year. (I hate the Mathews switchweight draw cycle) Also, I’m coming from a 2014 Elite Energy 35 (and 2016 Elite Victory 37.) Anyway… Thanks for reading… I’m NOT Brandon McDonald.
