i shot epics up till this week(about full year) i tortured them poor arrows. the only ones ive broke are the ones ive shot. split a few with fieldpoints and the rest i hit with broadheads. good shootin arrows and seemed pretty danged durable to me. i just didnt like the lightness. for about 70$ i got a dozen carbon express select shafts(unfletched and full legnth) that are heavier(what i wanted..personal preferance) and have better tolerances...some say the better the tolerances the better they will shoot...we will see. out of a dozen epics i didnt have any i called "bad" or that flew differently or anything... if they weight more id be shooting them