I started out with graphflex arrows then i used easton aluminum for 10 years with good success . then I got the bug to try carbon arrows they were browning xt (goldtip xt) and I have had those for at least 10 years with thousands of shots and many kills i started with 1 dozen i have managed to retain 5 of those still I am now shooting them out of my new Mathews Hyperlite , I have never gotten that kind of dependablity out of aluminum , some of those Arrow have been shot through over a dozen deer and other than refletching are like new still. Awesome