Great review! Really appreciate all the information. Just purchased a Prime RVX32 a few months back after testing a number of the bows you included here. Just felt right for me…but all of these certainly have an argument. What a great time to be an archer. Keep up the great work
I really enjoy your videos Lucas!! Unbiased opinions is really important to me! I understand you on the Hoyt, been a Mathews fan for years but had a chance to shoot the Rx8 this year and made the switch! God I love that bow! Thanks for the review!
Elite ethos all the way! I bought a lift, fell for the hype. I think if i had all the facts from this video and all the experience i have now, I would have picked the elite. I love the midnight copper too, the tunability, and i love cbe products. Always great content, keep it coming!
I’m just getting into archery again and I’m probably going to wait to see what the new 2025 bows are but if I had to choose right now based off all of my research and my own personal preferences… I would choose the Hoyt Alpha X 30 or 33 or the Bowtech Core SS or SR. 🤔
It’s hard for me to say. If you think you’d want to use it for hunting and some target, I’d go with the 33. If it’s just for hunting, the 30 is probably ideal.
I think the lopsided sales speak for themselves in terms of the overall best hunting bow this year. People generally shoot them all, and it seems like the vast majority chose the Lift. But despite the Lift frenzy, Hoyt has provided a very solid offering this year that deserved more attention than it received.
I’m not trying to discredit Mathews because they built a heck of a nice bow this year, but their sales are a lot due to marketing. They pay all the top archers and RU-vidrs to shoot their bows and the people follow
Hoyts are great bows. I can't see why people love them so much, they don't have anything that makes them stand out vs other bows. If I were to get a carbon bow, PSE's bows weight a pound less than hoyt and the lift also weighs less. Cams or draw are all about the same with the new tech, plus I've never heard anyone complain about draw while hunting your adrenaline would make pulling a 100-pound draw easy.
Lopsided sales don't mean much in terms of what is to be considered best. people do fall for marketing and social media popularity. The same goes for hunting packs and equipment. Kifaru and peax have the most popularity that doesn't make them the best. Lopsided sales would go to bowtech. PSE is right behind hoyt as well if you'd like to base "best bow" off of sales.
@@mlkman5541 Joe Rogan shoots a PSE and if he was trying to sell bows you’d know that. Cam shoots for Hoyt but he never talks about it. All the Mathews guys talk about Mathews in all of their videos. Mathews spends more on marketing than all the other bow companies. Chris Bee, Dan Staton, Seek One and several others all used to shoot a Hoyt but Mathews offered them more
I've had some trouble getting my hands on a PSE for testing the past couple of years. Hopefully we can rectify that next year. And I think Dudley is great for archery.
I don't sell ads myself (just make content), but I don't believe Hoyt has done any direct advertising with us recently (though maybe through Google ads). However, I'm sure they have in the past...much like pretty much every other brand. I do like your name, though - Anything.is.Possible. One thing that may not be possible on your end is making an intelligent, well thought out point that doesn't make you seem like a twit.
Comparing the LIFT 29.5… to the 33” bows!!! Get real dude and compare apples to apples! The LIFT33 blows all these bows away as far as overall platform….. weight; speed; forgiveness; dead in the hand and very efficient! How much $$ did Hoyt send your way. I agree it’s a good bow just like the rest but it is severely underachieving in the sales expected!
Matthew's never has a top 5 bow. Matthew's your buying a brand not a product. They haven't been top 5 in years. My buddy is die hard Matthew's has to get a new one every year or so and he buys a new set of limbs every single year bc they don't warranty them. MATTHEWS DOESNT STAMD BEHIND THERE BOWS SO WHY DO YOU? Hoyt, Bowtech, Prime, Elite, and PSE all have much better bows for less money, they have better customer service, and most importantly they warranty their products and stamd behind them unlike Matthew's. Matthew is a brand nothing more and it's a brand real working people won't buy most expensive and not even a top 5 bow. I don't care what model you throw out I've shot it and the best Matthew's they ever made was the monster. The Lyft is terrible and I'd feal confident my backup backup bow is more reliable and out performs it. A hoyt carbon defiant is what it is. He'll my old PSE whitetail would out do a new mattews
I mean, who even needs a bow at all? I hunt with a 2x2 with a nail sticking out of it. You need to swing it pretty hard, but if you aren’t giving yourself unnecessary obstacles, are you even hunting?
@ArcheryTalkVideo man the traditional world of archery is pretty awesome... That's what his comment was referring too with a little joke thrown in... Why such a reply ? Traditional archery isn't for everyone and not all people have the patience to be an effective hunter using traditional equipment.... but ya don't gotta throw so much salt. I'd actually recommend you give it a try. There's something magical about literally using no sights or rest and running an arrow through a mature buck as he walks by at 10 yards using a stick and string bow only shooting 150fps.
Mathews sent me the Lift 29.5 for this very project. If I didn’t include it, they would be rightfully upset. As for me being unprofessional in my response…you accused me of being on the take. You acted like troll and got treated as such. It’s not complicated.
You are greatly overvaluing my importance/influence if you think any bow manufacturer has ever offered me even a penny. It's usually a struggle to even get in test bows. But I appreciate the ego boost.
I have long feared the wrath of the dreaded PD-we8vf. That name has brought chills to many a RU-vidr. And with biting wit like you've displayed here, it's no wonder.
Bear bows is still proving to everybody paying attention that you're paying only for the name or the hype these greedy companies charging criminal prices for nothing but pure greed and bear proves there's no reason for it