OMG....I posted this the first time and got some error message....Soooooooo...here we go again.

Certainly they are valid questions, and fair. I think you misunderstood Matt a little. He was by no means trying to belittle you, or even throw you or anyone into the "anti Rage camp." His opening statement "Ok, I'll bite" was actually humor. It's a PA thing, most of us wouldn't understand. They remind me of Monte Python, funny, but very dry.....

I've personally seen the effectiveness of both the 3 blade and the 2 blade rage. It is absolutely phenominal. I would like to see the retention system improved just a bit, but.....They won't deflect, they HAVE to open and they eat very little KE, if any.

SOME of the reason a "traditional" mech head eats up so much KE is because the blades aren't fully deployed when the head enters the animal. For a brief period of time, the tip is the only thing doing the cutting, until the blades deploy. With the Rage head, the blades are fully deployed upon entrance, and in that respect they work like a fixed blade head.

Oh, durability is a slight issue. The blades do shear off fairly easily. The buck I shot, the head was completely destroyed. My buddy shot a doe, and it was fully intact. Just depends on what you hit I suppose.