I wasn't offended or trying to argue, sorry if it came off that way. I just like to take these chances to let people know the real differences between carbon and aluminum arrows.

Many are under the impression carbons are better arrows and aluminum is inferior when this is not the case at all. Carbons resist bending and can be made lighter for the same spine, those are about he only real advantages in my opinion.

I have shot both carbon and aluminums of different grades and to be honest I can get them all to shoot pretty well. Like I said, most average archers will not be able to tell the difference in most cases. I have actually had more problems with carbons going bad than I have aluminums. And I have deffinately seen and heard of far more carbon arrows being bad out of the box than I have aluminums.

That is my only real gripe with them really. You can get carbons as cheap as aluminums, maybe cheaper now but the quality will not be the same. You will most likely have insconstant arrows in the dozen you buy, up to half the arrows in some cases. Where as you can buy run of the mill game getters or Jazz youth arrows and they are good enough to target shoot with.

Not that you can't get good carbon arrows, they just cost a bit more is all.

The Main reason I like aluminums though is because I can get them just about anywhere and I can build them up over a gas stove with some hot melt glue and a tubing cutter. And if an insert happens to be off it is pretty easy to fix. They are just more convenient for me is all.

Paul