I will say this I started shooting bows and arrows in 91 when I was 11. Yes I know. I was excited about all the new things coming out and begged my dad for all of them. I started shooting a browning intercepter with easton gamegetter good arrows got the job done. When carbon arrows first came out they were hot piles of garbage period. Swore that i would never try them again. Last year I bought a new bow a bowtech alligeance Was going to go with aluminums my buddy talked me into getting carbon arrows his Are pse radial x weaves in my opinion garbage. You can shoot the PSE into a 1/2 in plywood they will not break shoot them into a 1/4 plywood they snap like twigs. So I went out on a wim and bought the GT expedition hunter 5575 I love them things they are awesome shoot great and very strong. I hit one at the tip by the insert with a broad head decided to junk it andin my infinate wisdom desided to shot it at a metal dumpster down the road yes dump very dump, with nofield point or anything on it I went over there to my amasement to find only slightly cracked arrow. Need I remind you with no field point or broadhead and after I nicked the end of it with a broad head. I retrospect Carbon nowadays is the only way to go. end of story