RE: Changing vanes and arrow concerns.
As I stated in another post, for me blazers work best. But then you're proably going to get different answers, but the question should be why are you vanes getting tore up? Are you making contact with your arrow rest. Have you done the powder test on your rest? Spray your prongs of your rest with foot powder, and shoot an arrow, and look to see if you have powder on your vanes. This will tell you for sure, then you can adjust your nock to see if you're getting clearance.
Bob <><