ORIGINAL: wapitibull375
Love all the talk on the Blazers and should I or shouldn’t I try them. What is so difficult about going out and getting yourself an Arizona EZ Fletch and a pack of Blazers and trying them? I switched from Duravanes about a year ago and haven’t looked back. I was using a RipCord rest but have switched to aWhisker Biscuit and have had no trouble with the Blazers in anyway, shape, or form. Have not had to change any because of wear and still can not see any damage being done by the Whisker Biscuit. I fletched them 6 degrees and put the cock fletch out left. I average 60 – 70 shots a day, over a year so I should be seeing trouble if there is going to be any. Yesterday I had the time to do some testing with the Chronograph and the Guardian, and just for fun I shaved the fletching off a half dozen of the same arrows I was just shooting and weighted them internally to the same as if fletched and shot through the chronograph to see what effect the Blazers had, if any. With my setup and shooting 353gr arrows I averaged 306 fps with 12 shots with fletched arrows. Using six of the same arrows but now unfletched, but weighted to 353 grs, I had an average of 304 fps. Yep, 2 fps slower! Now explain that if you will. Any way, this goes to show that the WB doesn’t have much impact on speed when using the 2” Blazers.
I did chrono testing of my own a while back and my findings were 1-2 fps. 2" Blazers are excellent vanes. I fletch them all kinds of ways from helical to straight and never have any problems with my WB.
I have said on numerous occasions over the years that speed loss is a non issue with the WB.