I like wood myself, but it's harder and more expensive than ever to get good quality shafting, and it's work to properly seal them. I enjoy making them when I have time, but that's in short supply most days.

Aluminum works just fine--wide range of weights and spines--but a lot of stores are cutting way back on their inventory of aluminum arrows, or eliminating it completely, in favor of carbon.

Carbon is convenient--generally just a few spine ranges (you just have to figure out which you need). They aren't "indestructable", they aren't always "straight or broken" (I've known of some getting weak in spine over time), and they can be a pain to get the weight up enough to suit you, but once you conquer those few things they can work as well as any.

It's mostly personal choice--like longbow or recurve, Dynaflight '97 or Formula 8125, glove or tab, etc.

Chad