In my humble opinion, you just can' t beat XX78 aluminums. Alot straighter than carbons except for ACE' s and ACC' s, but who wants to pay 100 bucks for a 12 arrows? (or that' s about what they were when I last priced them). XX78 aluminums are alot tougher than XX75' s. I' ve bounced XX78s off trees and they were still straight. 75' s always bent really easily for me.

I' ll take a heavy, straight, alunimum shaft any day. I like them a little on the heavy side (within the spine limits for the set up I' m using) because they really help absorb the shot, and that makes for a quiet(er) shot.

You' re going to get a different reply from everyone that posts. It' s up to you to decide what you want to do.