With aluminum, I get better accuracy, quieter bow, more efficient bow, less shock and vibration (without adding various and sundry doodads) and easier tuning. I get good durability because I use the thicker wall sizes, like 2216, 2219, 2315 and 2317. When they do get a little torqued, a minute with an arrow straightener and they' re like new again. I rarely get an arrow that will not shoot a broadhead and, when I do, it' s usually easily fixed by installing a new nock and/or insert. I can shoot the biggest, nastiest fixed blade heads on them, have some big ol' helical feathers on the back end to control them and still have plenty of room for clearance on my rest.

It might take a fraction of a second longer for my arrow to get to a deer at 30 yards, but it' s going to arrive with authority.

Carbon simply will not shoot fixed blade heads for me and I refuse to shoot mechanicals. But carbon' s okay for field points and poking holes in 3D targets.

Turk_man, I know what your saying, but just need to point out that you can increase momentum with speed as well. My 55 pound longbow (LB) will shoot a 575 grain arrow at 185 fps. My 60 pound, energy wheel compound (CP) will shoot that same 575 grain arrow at 220 fps for 62 ft lbs and .5609 lb/secs.

Now, take the mythical 350 grain IBO arrow and run the program to see what speeds it has to get to match the momentum -


LB 575 - 185 fps 44 ft lbs .4716 lb/secs

350 gn - 304 fps 72 ft lbs .4717 lb/secs

CP 575 - 220 fps 62 ft lbs .5609 lb/secs

350 gn - 361 fps 102 ft/lbs .5611 lb/secs

See? You CAN get the same momentum with a light arrow as someone with a slower, heavy arrow.

It does kinda get me tickled that so many guys jump through so many hoops trying to get 300 fps with a light arrow and wind up with about the same killing power as I get with my logs out of my old longbow. But, it' s their money, their fun.

Doesn' t mean I can' t have a chuckle at their expense tho...