I' m gonna have to respectfully disagree w/ my bud Pat on this one.

{RANT} No malice towards KCS, but personally, I' m not crazy about the way they ran the tests at all..the blindfold thing is ridiculous..as Arthur said..it' s pretty easy to tell the diff between manufacturers grips.

And if you are comparing a bow like say the LX or ExVFT w/ and IBO speed of 320 FPS or whatever to a Golden Eagle or Buckmasteror whatever w/ an IBO of 285, you can be pretty damn sure the 285 FPS bow will be quieter and have less recoil. It' s like comparing a .243win vs. 7mm Rem Mag.

All bows tested should be decked out the same for speed tests. Same string load. The ExVFT had silencers. The Hoyt too (as they are factory items). Even then you are nto taking into account different materials, strand sizes, etc.

Some bows had factory vibration stuff..Hoyt has Limbsavers, Mathews & Jennings have HD' s,Bowtech has VB' s, etc. IMO strip the factory stuff off completely, or shoot them all w/ the EXACT SAME stuff...

Bows with similar brace heights should be grouped together. It' s not really fair to do a comparison of a 8.5" brace bow, and a 6.5" brace one for a speed test.

All draw lengths should be exactly the same MEASURED length. I didn' t see where this was specified.

All bows should be at peak weight..not halfway down the draw weight range..as this affects brace, pre-load, etc. Many manufacturers like Hoyt & Darton rely on that preload more than some other company' s designs.

The range of testers was too great. They took 12 guys...did they ALL have the same exact 28" draw length? Being under or over-drawn can have a drastic results on how a bow feels. Bows that are set too short often kick harder (giving the impression of more recoil) because your form get' s out of alignment. Same with going too long.

My point is, such tests are never going to be " fair" . There are too many variables to take into account, and much of it is subjective to each individuals tatses. If you want to test techincal matters fine, but you have to control the variables, but even that did not seem to happen in this " test" .


As Frank said..I give KCS an " A" for Effort..

But a " D-" for execution, IMO.

I' m not overly concerned about what they sell being a biasing factor, but the control methods are poor at best

{end rant}