I can't speak for CT's because they are one of a couple arrows that I have never shot. I personally am not a fan of the outsert. This is what cause be to abandon Beman about 10 years ago. I would get crazy penetration (pass through) on my foam target and as a result all my fletchings were getting torn off.

I shot CE selects for a few years and just reciently switched to GT's last fall. I was happy with the Carbon express shafts but I'm not a big fan of supporting world trade and china. I'm pretty certain that I will be buying more GT's when it's time to replace the dozen I've been shooting. GT's may be a bit pricey on the high end shaftsbut the quality is there and you'll be supporting workers in the USA.