feathers throught the WB are my recomendation. you get frayed edges ont he feathers but they will shoot exactly the same (ive used feathers that were missing chunks and they flew the same) and they lay back a little going through the rest even smoother then plastic vanes. i use them all year just give them a good coat of NOSNO swipe them off alittle while it raining and no problems for 5-6 years now. shot my one buck last year in a flash flood causing downpour arrow flew exactly were i wanted and i mean exactly.