Gotta disagree to some extent on that one. Yes, for NORMAL shooting and practicing I agree that feathers will usually outlast vanes. HOWEVER, after dragging around four feathered arrows and two vaned arrows in my quiver and covering about 50 miles through the mountains and brush this year, I'd say the vanes held up much better then the feathers. Hands down in fact. I'm going to finish off the year with the feathers after using vanes for years, but I'll probably go back to vanes next year. That's only on my compound.