I can' t argue with you Artur and Rat attack, I have found the feathers to be much more durable. I have had chunks taken out of feathers, and they still fly great. I can' t say though that I have ever had a feather shoot as quiet as a vane. May be a fluke thing for me. I have had a bad experience with feathers though a few years back that made me go with vanes pretty much exclusively with my compound. I was hunting in snow, the kind that you have to keep brushing off everythng (that is another condition that I hunt in often, snow, freezing rain, etc). Anyway, I had the water proffing stuff on the feathers, but the snow kept landing and staying on the feather. To make a long story short, I took a stump shot out of my stand to see what kind of flight I got. I ended up packing in for the day because I was so upset with the result. I just can' t bring myself to have to use plastic baggys etc.