Anyone had problems with Mathews bows?
 

A friend of mine has a Mathews drenalin and has had nothing but limb problems with it. Last year he had the lower limb shatter on it and got pretty cut up and walked away pretty lucky. He then contacted mathews and told them about it and he had to send the whole bow in. When he got the bow back the replaced his limbs with black ones and it was a camo bow. He wasnt to happy and sent it back. It then took 4 months for him to get his bow back. This fall we were hunting and he drew back and noticed something wrong and his string had come off the cam. has anyone experienced these problems with mathews or no. My brother lives by them and has never had a problem aand he owns 3 mathews bows. He just recently purchased the Z7 and for me not being a mathews guy its a great bow. But i was just wondering if anyone else has experienced problems with mathews or any other company?

I don't shoot Mathews curently, but I have owned 6 of them and Never had an issue. I also have a couple of friends that still shoot Mathews and I can't remember any problems they've had off hand.

Actually I have owned at least a dozen brands and only had problems with one brand.

Dan

Out of the all the mfg of bows, I have heard the least (problems) about mathews or the drenalin. In 2003 or 04, they had thier own rash of bad limbs. I know 3 people with the drenalin and no problems as of yet.

I've shot nothing but Mathews bows for the lasr 10 or 11 years and have not had a single problem.

I have a Z7 ordered should be here in FEB or March, have been shooting a LX since 2003 never had any problems. Before that it was Hoyt with no problems either.

The drenalin has known problems with the limbs breaking. They would typically break right at the rear of the limb "pocket".

i have shot a Mathews Outback since 2004 and had zero problems with it.

Mathews had a ton of problems back in the "Switchback" days.. I have heard of a few with some of their newer bows... But it sounds like your buddy had a mild cause of bad luck..

Pretty trouble free as far as i've seen. I've had NOTHING but good service from thier warranty department, great customer service. U can get a lemon in any flavor , though.

He should have ZERO trobles with his Z7

I have a buddy who has had problems with his switchback. He can't seem to get it tuned properly. He is taking in to a shop in town that specializes in mathews bows. There supposably the number one mathews dealer in the world. They said all they can do now is have him send it in. Im sure its just a lemon though, it can happen. By the way im a bowtech guy right now but loved the Z7 when I shot it.

That is because people don't know how to press them properly. This was addressed a while back and was not a problem with the limbs, but a case of either the wrong press being used or incorrect pressing.

The Drenalin is my 3rd Mathews and I've had no issues with it or any of the other Mathews I've owned. I've also been fortunate enough to not have any issues with the 3 BowTechs, 1 Bear, 1 Golden Eagle, 1 High Country, 1 Merlin, and 1 Hoyt that I've owned.

Needless to say, I'm not a fanboy of any manufacturer.

My buddy just bought a Z7 today, got it all set up with HIGH end accesories, pulled it back 1/2 way on dry fire and it exploded, bottom limb shattered.:confused0024:

I've had no problems with mine. I had no problems with my High Country before that. All bow companys have had and will continue to have "bad apples" but I think most are due to people not knowing how to maintain them or they did something incorrect and then blame the company for putting out a bad product.

not so much of a bow problem but i have not got any response to 6 emails sent due to missing parts and no response

I have had the same problem with the string coming off the top cam while drawing back. On both the Outback and my Switchback it happen three times, once with the Outback and just this last yr. with my Switchback. Everytime, thier customer service email reply was and also the pro shop, said that it was the way i was drawing my bow back, that i was putting unnessisary torque on the string while i draw it back. I will never purchase another Mathews nor will I ever recomend one again, not after that kind of reply.

I hope my buddy finally got his all figured out. I just hate him complaining about all the problems its given him and then him still use the product. I know if my hoyts gave me problems like he has had i would switch companies in the snap of a finger. Ive never had a limb shatter on me and after seeing what it did to his arm i dont ever want that to happen to me.

00' mq32 - no problems the 6 years I owned it.
06' SBXT - no problems the 2 seasons I owned it.
08' mission journey - 0 problems so far.

Bry, I feel this is exactly right as well. Let's think about this. When parallel limbs first came out, we heard of a lot more issues with limbs than we do now. Reason, shops now have adequate presses to press such bows. Those same bows are still out there yet we don't see the limb issues.

The Drenalin being new technology with it's thinner limbs could be pressed wrong. Those same Drenalins are out there but we no longer read of issues. Presses are now adequate.

I think in many of the lines, the end user is most of the issue.

I have seen issues where both mathews and bowtech has claimed such with some dealers. Dealers were using an Apple super pro with hydrolic arms and with the fingers for beyond parallel. I have pressed some bow and can't imagine how that press, (best I think is out there) could cause this issue.

I won't pretend that you can speak for every dealer across the country and convey what happened to every bow that may have had a limb issue but let me ask you, why is it we don't read of the same limb issues with the exact same bows that are still out there?

Many reasons I suppose. Bowtech Reps for instance said they worked with Gordon glass to correct issues on the 06-07 allegience issues. Maybe they work with the supplier to fix it.

When my limb splintered on my 04 liberty, 2 years ago, I got new limbs, and a bowtech dealer did put them back on for me and then I sold it last year after hunting season. Well, just a month ago the buyer wrote me and said they have splintered again. So I am not sure we don't hear about em. Most get sold, and end up with a 3rd owner.

I maybe wrong but I consider the Apple pro with hydrolics and parallel limb adaptors to be the cadilac of presses. I am not sure how pressing at the tips could cause issues.

But I have to admit, very interesting point you bring up

I do know this. A dealer I now do business with in PA and does know Matt and yourself (thinks he does), told me the other day he was accused of wrongly pressing a bow. Not going to say which mfg accused him. But he just rolled his eyes and "whatever, I only been pressing bows for 20 years". He also said when one mfg went thru a bad run of cams that every bent cam that came thru, the mfg always without fail said "dryfire". When he is 100% sure all was not.

I shoot a DXT and have never had a problem, I know plenty of other people that shoot them and nothing bad from them either.

I was under the impression that you (Rob) had issues with your '06 ally and limb splintering?????

I sold my 2007 allegiance, and the new owner (a friend) had to have the limbs replaced (warped).

I never, personally, experienced any problems with BT products.....or Mathews (I owned a Switchback for the better part of 2 seasons).

Wow and I thought this was a Mathews?

What am I hiding something Jeff? http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/3565792-post16.html Which I'm still shooting today with the original limbs. Your point?

Unless you answer my question.....I have no idea.

I know I'm not (hiding anything). I gave my experience with Mathews as well as Bowtech.

It IS a Mathews thread. I was just following the current protocol, listing all bows I have experience with (like others have, before me).

If I broke a forum rule (or RULES), I'm sure you'll let me know (again).

i took mine to a pro-shop...he called mathews, no questions asked they over nighted 2 limbs, pro-shop charged me $25 to put them on, i sent the bill to mathews and was reimbursed in3-4 weeks. and the limbs were broke cause my buddy got his peker caught in the cam when he drew...when he released, it junk went through the other way, so he had to re-draw to get his junk out!!!this broke the limbs.:confused0024:

No problems at all with mine MQ1........every dealer doesn't know how to tune them though. I took mine to a Mathews dealer and had new cables and string put on and they didn't time it right.....took it to another shop and a young lady in there timed it perfectly.

What was his "junk" doing out of his pants while drawing his bow?

Mathews experience:

2002 Mathews Q2 - No Issues
2005 Mathews Switchback - No Issues
2010 Mathews Z7 - No Issues Thus Far

Mathews is an amazing company with an unparalleled reputation that boast the best customer service and IMO the best bow on the market.

he dry fired it and it broke, what did you expect? i don't care how high end the accessories were, you dry fire a bow, it can break. there is NO reason to draw ANY bow without an arrow in it.

truth hurts, eh?

I'm still shooting a 2003 Mathews LX that I purchased new. Zero problems with the bow.

I have thought about getting one those string stops for my LX that the Z7 has on it this year. What do you think?

He was goin commando wearin cutoff sweat pants...and the cam grabbed the sweats and his junk went with it...he says he has some pretty nasty scars

I have shot my SQ2 for the past two seasons with no problems at all. I bought it off Archery Talk and it has been awesome. I bought a Switchback XT off Archery Talk and had the same problem with it that someone had mentioned earlier, I could not get mine tuned right. It had a nasty twang to it and I just never liked the way it shot. I ended up selling it. I just bought (a few months ago) a Drenalin off Archery Talk also and it is really a sweet shooting bow. I think it's right when said that you get lemons with every kind of bow and Mathews are no exception to that. I have had good luck with 2 out of the 3 bows I had. I have never dealt with Mathews at all so I can't speak on their customer service at all.

One of my bows is a 96 Z- Light.....not a single problem!!

My Legacy has been nothing but trouble.....

I have to keep dragging deer after deer after deer out of the timber.:cool: