Regardless of what anybody says, they are much more durable than a regular aluminum arrow. I have a dozen that I bought probably 6 years ago and the only ones I have lost have either been broken by the deer falling on them or other extreme mishap. I have shot many deer with those same arrows and shot many, many targets with them and they are still good as when I bought them. Only problem is most of the writing has been rubbed off from pass throughs and 3d targets. I shoot both 3-60s and 3-71s and have not noticed a bit of difference in them as far as durability is concerned.

I'm still working on those pics for you. I left my camera at work today.