NOISY!!! Are you out of your mind?? The only way yours should have been noisey is if you didnt have yours setup properly or youre using too light of an arrow. The heavier the arrow the quieter it will be. As for eating fltches I can say yes you are correct, but it shoud be very minimal, I have arrows that I have shot more then 500 times through my wb and still have the same fletchings on them as they did whenI bought the arrows. Your apprently was not setup correctly.