ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Far from it. I've never had carbons last more than a few months before they go bad, group sizes open up considerably and they need replacement. The reason they wear out so fast for me, I'm sure, is my draw length. It's so long (33.5" with fingers and 32.5" with release and extra long loop for release) that I can't even use some brands because the raw shafts don't come long enough. With GoldTips, I take a raw shaft, lightly sand both ends square, install inserts and nocks, fletch 'em up and that's my arrow. I believe the extra length radically reduces their useable life.
But they happen so gradulally that alot of us including me, miss it.
I know over the spring, I was dusting off this old PSE for a backup bow. Also testing out some creep tuning notes from Chuck Adams. A bow that shot great all the sudden, shot these 0.4" spined arrows bad. I measured the spine on these arrows 3-4 years ago. And now after remeasurieng them, they lost a considerable amount of spine. And Showed week reaction.