Hoyt XTec - Hard or soft cams?

[Agent Zero M]

Newbie Alert!

I'm trying to use some of the online arrow selection tools and they typically ask, among other things, whether my bow has "hard" or "soft" cams. What should I enter for the XTek?

Thanks

[Roland from Calif.]

hard cam.............

[Agent Zero M]

Thanks Roland!

[Bigpapascout]

Hoyt X Tec with Cam.5 is a medium cam.

[JeffB]

ORIGINAL: Bigpapascout

Hoyt X Tec with Cam.5 is a medium cam.

I have to respectfully disagree. IME with several of my personal C.5 bows from Hoyt (including the X-Tec) as well as fiddling at the shop there is no doubt they prefer a stiff arrow for best groups/easiest tuning, and going off the medium column on the Easton chart is very likely to get someone underspined.

The only time I would consider using the medium cam columns would be if the particular bow I had was equipped with the XT3000 limbs. For Spiral cams I would add another 5 pounds to whatever peak is and go from there on the hard-cam column.