Have you ever seen a bird with plastic feathers?

Feathers are much lighter, faster than vanes up to 40-50 yards, stabilize arrows much faster and much better, and I have never had serious problems when the fletch became damp or wet. The moisture proofing powder does a fantastic job.

Videoed and chrono tests show that feather begans to stabilize the shaft as soon as the shaft disconnects from the string. Vanes did not start to stabilize for the first 7-8 feet after leaving the bow. Also, tests show that a feathered fletched arrow leaves the bow 26fps to 28fps faster than a vaned arrow.

Vanes develop memory and become bent, torn, and dog-eared. You get a slice in a vane and your arrow flight is affected, You lose some quills in a feather, your shaft will still fly good.

It has also been proven that soft vanes are the worse and begin to bend in flight.

Most of all, vanes shooters will have many more clearance problems then I will with feathers. Try to shoot a vane off of a shelf type of rest, then shoot a feather fletched arrow.

I tried vanes one time and have never had so many inconsistent flight problems.

I have never had the " hissing" or noise problems that some say occur. Most likely, the fletch was helical. I fletch with a 1-degree offeset.