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I saw where HCH posted his experience with both bows, so after I got the opportunity to shoot both bows yesterday I thought I would pass along my experience. Both bows that I shot were bare other then a nap quick tune rest(not a drop away). The Drenalin had a much smoother draw, and little to no handshock when I shot it(about 10-15 times). The Vectrix was no where near as smooth through the draw or the shot. At first I was going to ask anyone who had shot both of these bows how they figured the Vectrix or Trykon for that matter was smoother then the new Drenalin, but rather then start a war over the internet I suggest everyone interested in a new bow to shoot both and then make your own decision.

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Does anyone know how fast they two bows are at the same specs with the same arrow?

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From another test on another website:D All bows at 72 lbs., 29" draw 435 gr. Axis

Allegiance 29 inch draw fast mods- 290, 291, 292 fps

Drenalin 29 inch draw -280, 282, 282fps

Vectrix 29 inch draw 75% let-off 279, 279, 280fps

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Didnt we already go through this this morning?;)
Jk jk
Thanks for the feedback, seems you info is a little different than HCH.

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It's all personal perception. I have a feeling that after one shoots a certain brand of bow that there is probably no objectiveness in these comparisons. Even if they claim that there is. There is something in their mind that they may have no control over.:D

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Was there any of your hard earned $$ involved? Which did you buy? I thought so.;)

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It's really comical.

I believe an educated, unbiased entity could tell you.....yes...TELL you, unequivocally.....that one brand is quieter and lighter and faster than yours......and there are those who would still say......"NO Way".

Heck....we Mathews guys hear it all the time from less-than educated and unbiased sources!!:D

jeff

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Well there ya have it, two reviews on the same two bows with 2 different outcomes. Did anyone learn the underlying lesson here?

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I did, money talks and BS walks.;)The guy that plops the money down to ACTUALLY make a purchase is who I listen to. Opinions have a lot more value when it comes right down to an individual laying the greenbacks on the counter; makes your decision on your choice a little more critical, thought out, and un-biased when there is ACTUALLY $$ involved.

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[quote]I did, money talks and BS walks.;)The guy that plops the money down to ACTUALLY make a purchase is who I listen to. Opinions have a lot more value when it comes right down to an individual laying the greenbacks on the counter; makes your decision on your choice a little more critical, thought out, and un-biased when there is ACTUALLY $$ involved.
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HCH, please explain more, not getting your point. They way I see it a lot of bows will be sold by both companys.

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Idaho; my point is I want to hear from a guy that shot both and actually bought one or the other; I take these kind of reviews a little more seriously is all.

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So what you're saying HCH is that just because this guy ( a fellow WV boy I might add) didn't buy one of the bows he can't be objective about his opinion on both bows. Well all that I can say about that is from reading all of your post on Mathews bashing I would have a hard time putting any weight on your opinion. JMHO

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Whether a guy is spending money or notis a moot point in my mind HCH. I don't get that logic.Personally, Idon't have to be in the market to buy a new bow and I could still do a subjective review, but only to a point because, in house pro shop shooting sessions only allow the shooter to get a feel for the bow and not much more.

For instance, your glowing review of theVectrixis based on less than 50 shots and you proclaimed that it is the best bow you have ever shot. It would take mea heckuva lot more than a few dozen arrows to come to that conclusion. For me to make that type of endorsement would requiresome serious tuning and shooting time with fieldpoints, then broadheads to see if it is indeed the best I've shot.

There's my nickels worth.

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I actually tend to agree with HCH and his purchasing philosophy. When I bought my Old Glory, I had shot the Trykon XL, Switchback XT, and the Old Glory side by side about a month earlier, but I was not in the buying mood, so I was not too tuned in to what the bow actually did. When I went to the pro-shop, deciding that on that particular night I was going to buy a new bow, I shot the three of them again, paying extremely close attention to all the facets that make a quality bow. I did this because I knew one of those three was going to be my new bow, for a long time too most likely. So, I think that HCH has a definite point in his posts.

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Exactly YooperMike,
These are both great bows. When I walked into the store yesterday, my full intentions and purpose, was to shoot the Vectrix and the Drenaline with an open mindand go home with the better bow.This is what I did. A person looks at and reviews a product a lot more seriously when he is getting ready to lay down $750-$800 than a person that goes into shoota couple of bows to see what he likes or thinks about them. Totally different attitude towards the entire shooting session for the two people. One is checking them out, and the other is making a decision that affects him or her big time.

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HCH, I didn't put a dime down at the shop. The only drenalin he had left was the test/demo bow that he was letting people shoot. But when two of my buddies who work on barges on the miss. river get their time off to come home we are going together and all three buying new Drenalin bows. The shop owner has agreed to work a deal with us buying three bows and having them all set up at his shop. I'll make sure and post some pic's for you of three guys, with three brand new drenalin bow's if that makes my experience anymore valid to you.

If you happened to look over my entire first post and not stop at where I said I liked the Drenalin better then the Vectrix you would have saw that I posted everyone looking for a new bow and who's interested in the two should shoot them both first and get their own opinion on them. Ever since I started bowhunting 8 years ago, I have shot High Country Archery bows. But being in the market for a new bow, and my original shop dropping High Country for CSS I went to a new shop and shot some of the diff. bows. No need to get upset over the fact that I didn't say the Vectrix was the smoothest bow I shot.

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HCBF, I am happy if you are happy; you are the one that has to be because you are the one spending the $.Are these barge guys buying without shooting based on your review just because you can all get a deal? BTW gutshot; sorry I responded to a fellow WV resident. I will have to look at avatars better and make sure I stay away from posts that have a WV resident in it; what the hell was I thinking.:D

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hch, I understand now what you are saying, not sure I agree, but I sure do respect your point of view. I myself own a 05 Switchback, and a 06 switchback xt. I am not going to get another hunting bow this year, as I feel that my money will be spent on better things. I do work in a Mathews shop part time and have spent quite a bit of time now with the drenalin. I know that its a smooth shooting bow. As well as my SB and SBXt, being a big guy 6'3 with big hands I have always liked the fatter grip of the Mathews. On the other hand I hate the feel of the hoyt bows, and I think that they do have a lot of hand shock compared to other bows. I know of a lot of shooters who have the drenalin on order with there hard earned money and they have shot all the different brand of bows.So I guessthe point I am trying to make is that it doesn't matter what you or I or anyone else thinks or feels when we aretesting a bow for ourself. What bow I like because of the feel someone else with surely hate and will think it has hand shock.Most of us will have different results of our own tests to make us happy with the bow we have choosen to buy. Sure a few will be surprized and will change their mindbut the fact of the matter is most of the top of the line bows out there today have few flaws, and there is not a best of the best winner. Its all personal choice. On one last note, I feel that an archer who isn't buying a bow doesn't carry a predjudice toward or against any particular bow. They just want to shoot to get the feel. This being said, I feel their reviews can be very fair.

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I agree idahoelkinstructor. I went in and shot the drenalin and personally i loved it, but hey thats just me and my own opion and the new drenalin is deffinatly at the top of my christmas list.

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So your buddies are commited to buying a bow they have never even shot yet??WOW, thats just crazy, and typical all at the same time.

I dont really care what bow anyone likes or doesnt like, there will always be haters of all manufacturers. I base my decision off of what bows feels good in my hands.Just about any modern bow will kill a deer if the person shooting is a proficient hunter/shooter. Give me the loudest, slowest bow any of you have and I'll bet you anything I can kill a deer within a few days of practicing with the bow.Your opions are your opinions. I believe some of the opinions are more honest or genuine than others in all honesty, some seem more like trying to get back at someone or something for previous posts or disagreements??Most poeple wont have the same opinion or feel for material things anyway, just like cars, motorcycles, guns,fishing rods and reels, boats, WOMEN, etc ....Im sure the Mathews is seriously a bad a$$ bow, it certainly cant be a POSjust as all the new bows are pretty darn cool. Buy it, shoot it, practice with it, kill deer with it, have fun with it, you can do this with any make or model, the rest is prettier bells and whistles.

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I went to a bow shop and shot the Drenalin as well. I was impressed. I probably should've shot the Hoyt, the dealer asked if I wanted to but I didn't. I went shopping for a Matthews, Ross or Darton.

I compared it to my current bow and the Drenalin was a lot faster, shorter and lighter. Everything about it was better than my current bow. Except the price tag. I paid nearly $500. for my current bow and had to lay out $750. for the Drenalin.

My current bow is a 15-20 year old Oregon bow that doesn't owe me a thing. So any bow I'd of shot would've probably impressed me.What really intriqued me with the Drenalin was how quiet it shot and the lightweight, two things I was looking for in a hunting bow.

Now if it would just get here so I could hunt a few weeks before the season closes.

Happy Hunting
Dan

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Well said.I agree. You know there is an old saying; if we all liked the same thing, it would be a boring world. How true!!!Now go out and buy a new bow, the American archery economy is depending on you.

That bold type that I high lighted is so true in many cases. I know two guys that just got into archery this fall and went to Des Moines to buy two Switchback XT's sight unseen and both had never shot a modern compound. They did not shoot anything else. They walked up to the counter and said ;"Two switchback XT' please". They saw them on TV in the hunting shows and in the magazines and this is what they had to have. True story. I am sure it happens all the time.

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MAYBE MAAYBE MAAAAAYBE 1/2 of you guys arent biased to one brand of bow or another,but at least you shoot them before buying a new one every year.I gotta think 90% of everyone who buys a bow already knows what they want before they shoot it.For instance,I`m a bowtech guy,I already know I WANT the new constitution because if I could say build me a bow it would be everything the new constitution is(41 a/a - 8 inch bh - 320 ibo) long means acurate,8 bh means acurate,and how do you get a bow with an 8 inch brace hight to go 320 fps? come on that`s awsome...anyway,and I`m not bashing mathews again but,hunters watch hunting shows,hunters see SWITCHBACK every 5 minutes,hunters read mag`s hunters see SWITCHBACK 3 page adds in every single mag,what do you think a hunter working 50 hours a week,with no time to shoot every bow out there is going to do? Well if he knows me he`s going to disregard the propaganda and buy a bowtech;):):Dbut seriously I would tell him/her the same thing,shoot these bows (and chrono)and see if you like it,

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Both were set on Switchback XT's, and were really set on them after the Drenalin came out with a 33 inch ata. They may still go with a Switchback XT, but I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I said they would get the Drenalin. Once they get to shoot it, they will more then likely go that route compared to the XT. Just a prediction, but not a shot in the dark.

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Ya know. Even if they do walk into a proshop and buy a Mathews without ever having shot it or any other bow for that matter, they are still getting one of the best bows on the market right now. Not a bad thing really. The next time they buy they may buy something different.

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HCH:

2 points

#1 - "I" was one of those guys. I had never shot a bow of any kind (other than a recurve) when a friend of mine (who shoots Hoyts, BW) told me to buy a Mathews. he said I'd be happy with it. He's a guide that guides elk hunt sin CO.....but lives in NC (knows the land owners, there). He said I'd be happy.....I took his advice....and I have been happy. I have shot other bows, though....and I have a VERY open mind. I'm likely going to buy a Bowtech for next year....so that I have 2 bows (just in case). I can set one up to hunt and one up to shoot 3D. We'll see which one goes where.

#2 - After ALL you've said derogatory about MAthews......and the fact that you've already admitted to having a Vectrix on order.....do you REALLY expect us to believe that you went into the shop with an open, unbiased mind to look at the Vectrix and the Drenaline? Really? How would you have saved face by coming here and admitting to buying such an inferior weapon....lol?

Jeff

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I haven't shot the Drenalin but I have shot the Switchback XT extensively. I find it hard to believe that the Drenalin can be that much better than a Switchback. I could barely tell the bow was firing when I would let go of the sting. Zero hand shock. The draw is so nice and the break on the let off is perfect. I just have a hard time believing the Drenalin can be "much" better. It would have to shoot itself.

Tom

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LOLJeff, you can't be serious??!! I don't care what my buddies here in the real world and my hometown think of the bow I shoot let alone what you or others think on the internet. WOW!!! I just spent my $$ on what I thought was the best bow; NOT sorry you didn't like the results, but guess what; IT WAS MY MONEY!! BTW; I never bash Mathews or any other brand of bow. I tease my buddy TeeJay mainly and Motown just to tease; NOTHING MORE. Save Face; anybody that knows me knows I don't give a#$%* what anybody thinks; plain and simple.

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Cool! Cause I think you're full of %$&#!

Jeff

(I'm just yankin your chain......)

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If its not a Mathews.....Its just not worth talking about!:D

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I am one that really doesn't care what I shoot. The way I see it is all bow manufactures now days have a good idea on how to make a good bow and have the technology and equipment to verify it. Like was said before, they all will kill deer. I for one can not imagine one bow feeling horibly different enough for me to not like it. I really do not care if one bow only make 46dB of noise at 10 yards away versus 55dB. And how much hand shock can there really be? Will you notice that when your adrenaline is rushing while drawn on an animal. Pobably not.

It's all sales mumbo jumbo![8D]

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You are right wheatly you wont that 1 shot you are shooting at a deer. But you will with the 6,000 shots you will take at that target all summer and fall!;)

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But if you ever hunted with a bow 5 or 10 years ago would it really bother you now with a bow made in the past 3 years?
Come on were not holding on to jack hammers here.

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all i know is the pearson i have is pretty slow and loud compared to my dads parker magnum<<< i think thats what it is called<<< it is a older parker. but i cant wait to get some kind of new bow.

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Actually I am quite regular, no constipation here;no need for magazines in the bathroom either. I get in and take care of business.
BTW, who are these guys that need magazines or newspapersfor the bathroom? Man whenI go, I don't have time for the 1st paragraph.

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I tend to agree, IMO as far as smoothness and hand shockgoes its hard to tell any difference (if at all) between the Drenalin, Switchback XT, and the regular Switchback. Because the Switchback and the Drenalin share the same BH and ATA length(7" & 33") its hard to tell felt differences when shootingbetween the two bows other than the weight. Others say the can feel differences between the twobows but for me they honestly feel about the same. The Drenalin is a half pound ligher which is noticeableits alsojust a tad faster. But unless your shooting througha chrono you would never know that either.I have joked with afew friends saying Mathews should have named this bowSwitchback Ultra light or light weight.Ithink if a person already owns a Switchbackor SBXT then there is no need for the Drenalin, but for some that just have to have the new bow every year, then the Drenalin will be a winner.

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Decided, last night.....

I'm gonna buy a new bow for next year....and keep the Switchback, too. I'm currently a Mathews shooter....and I've got my mind kinda set on a new model.......thing is....it's a BOWTECH! I AM going to shoot the Drenaline....the Vectrix.....the Allegiance the Liberty and the SB XT before I buy one, though. Right now....I really don't care which one I end up with. I'm gonna shoot 'em all and make my decision the correct way. If I like something better than the Allegiance....I'll be surprised.....but ya never know.

Jeff

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Sorry....I meant to say the TRIBUTE i.l.o. the Liberty.

Jeff