ORIGINAL: Rick James
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
I myself couldn't notice any noticeable weight difference between the two bows. The limbs are very thin on the Drenaline and it wouldn't surprise me if it is less weight than the Vectrix; just something I couldn't feel. I shot one bow and then would grab the other and shoot it. I didn't have any knowledge that one felt lighter than the other; there was just no denying the very noticeable hand shock and vibration on the Drenaline though. Sure, this is not going to affect your hunting, but if am going to drop 8 bills on a new bow, than there had better be no hand shock. The Vectrix was easily a better shooting bow and I went in with an open mind on which bow to choose. The Hoyt has a lot of new innovations this year and the Mathews is basically the same old bow as the 4 year old Outback. I don't see Mathews' Switchback owners racing out to buy this new bow; not enough difference worth the $ IMO.
HCH,
I think to say the hand shock and vibration is very noticable I think is a bit of an overstatement w/ the drenalin. It really has no more than an XT or regular switchback, I have shot all 3 now extensively and none of these bows have extensive handshock/vibration. I do think Hoyt hit a home run with their factory standard STS type device though and I think this is what is making the difference in the percieved hand shock difference you felt, the capabilities of a device like this are amazing and can even make my Apex 7's feel like a parallel limb bow. I am pretty confident that if an STS is installed on the Drenaline it will feel about the same, or if the factory suppressor on the Vetrix was removed it would feel the same as well. Kudos to them though for adding it from the factory, that's a cool option.
Can you adjust the distance that STS type device sits from the string. If you slightly change brace height while twisting cables to get that perfect draw length, can you reset that supressor to sit the appropriate distance from the string?
What kind of speed was gotten from the two rigs setup the same? Has anyone done this yet? Which is faster?
I am not the only one that talks about the hand shock and vibration. The Hoyt has none nor does my Tribute. Hand shock is acceptable on midrange priced bows but not top priced bows.
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