It really depends on what you're going to use them for. I've used beman ics hunters for the past few years and I really like them as a hunting arrow. The super smooth finish is silent on the steel prongs of my quicktune. I tried some easton excels and they were not even close to quiet on the steel prongs, other than that they were fine. For 3d I switched to cxl's because they are lighter and bigger in diameter.