Well, if you'd pick up one of those arrows and not be concerned, you'd be nuts. They feel like 29" drinking straws. LOL

I kindalet everyone else be the guinea pigs, b/c those arrows have been in production for 3-4 years now. The first generation sucked - I saw them in action, first hand. They would mushroom at the tip, even just if you shot them into a block. They would break off when you pulled them from the targets. They changed some things, revamped the production, and worked out the bugs. Well, now there are guys who swear by them. There are even guys out there shooting them out of non-HCA bows. I've heard enough good reports that I figured it was time to give it a fair shot. I'm still expecting them to be brittle, but at least worthy of a fair look.

It's just like the first generation carbon wrap arrows. They were horrible. I had a dozen Beman ICS that I actually threw away - bought them when they were just released. 100% garbage. A few years later, the bugs were gone, and everybody was shooting them.

So yeah, these arrows are a gamble. I risked getting a dozen junk arrows, but the potential payoff is taking my bow's performance to the next level.

I'm obviously more at-risk of blowing one up, b/c I shoot a fairly long draw, and a fairly heavy weight. Those risks are greatly reduced for guys shooting shorter draws or pulling 50-65#.

It's like this: the arrows are $100/dz, and you can buy 3 from the HCAsitefor $25. If you pick up the bow, you can test drive the arrows for 25 bucks. If you hate 'em, you're only out of $25, 50, or 100 bucks, and you can shoot your old arrows - you've still got an awesome bow. Every once in a while, something comes along that you've just gotta try for yourself. This was one of those things, for me at least.