Warning ! Easton Carbon Evolution exploded!
03-02-2004, 07:13 AM
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Warning ! Easton Carbon Evolution exploded!
Last weekend we tested the Carbon Evolution from Easton.
The setup was like this:
60 # - 26" with a 80 grain point.
We used a size 500 which is completly according Eastons arrowlist.
The shaft exploded at two places (!) the second shot from the bow leaving my friend with a blue arm.
At the first shot the arrow did NOT hit anything exept a foam target.
Another arrow snapped into two pieces on impact at the 3th shot, breaking completly strait with not even strands or pieces of carbon on the place where it cracked.
Than we tried to bend it over the knee (which is more than easton tell us at their warning list, thats true).
Other carbon can allways easyly stand this kind of bending so you know its overstressed, but not as much so it MUST break normally. This time it snapped much to soon.
I even believe it snapped while it was bended like a arrow would bend on release normally.
I tried to send a picture shown the shaft with this post
To bad we did not have a camera with us on the test, sorry for that.
We strongly believe this is dangerous stuff to shoot with and like to send out a warning.
Les me know if there is anyone who found out the same or maybe different.
I place this tread in the technical board as well.
The setup was like this:
60 # - 26" with a 80 grain point.
We used a size 500 which is completly according Eastons arrowlist.
The shaft exploded at two places (!) the second shot from the bow leaving my friend with a blue arm.
At the first shot the arrow did NOT hit anything exept a foam target.
Another arrow snapped into two pieces on impact at the 3th shot, breaking completly strait with not even strands or pieces of carbon on the place where it cracked.
Than we tried to bend it over the knee (which is more than easton tell us at their warning list, thats true).
Other carbon can allways easyly stand this kind of bending so you know its overstressed, but not as much so it MUST break normally. This time it snapped much to soon.
I even believe it snapped while it was bended like a arrow would bend on release normally.
I tried to send a picture shown the shaft with this post
To bad we did not have a camera with us on the test, sorry for that.
We strongly believe this is dangerous stuff to shoot with and like to send out a warning.
Les me know if there is anyone who found out the same or maybe different.
I place this tread in the technical board as well.
03-02-2004, 08:58 AM
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RE: Warning ! Easton Carbon Evolution exploded!
Who is we?
Since you decided to post this twice, I guess I will give my personal opinion twice.
I have hunted and shot the same Evolutions for 3 years now with no problems. I am not saying you didn't get a hold of some bad arrows, quality control is not 100%. On the other hand, I could tell you about an incident involving my inlaw with a batch of brand new Carbon Express arrows. They didn't hold up well at all.
Since you decided to post this twice, I guess I will give my personal opinion twice.
I have hunted and shot the same Evolutions for 3 years now with no problems. I am not saying you didn't get a hold of some bad arrows, quality control is not 100%. On the other hand, I could tell you about an incident involving my inlaw with a batch of brand new Carbon Express arrows. They didn't hold up well at all.
