Bow_Explorer

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you know that over the last few months our team have been working very hard on bringing new useful services & tools for all archers.

We are very excited to announce a New and Unique Archery Tool: Compound Bow Comparator. In a nutshell, this tool allows for comparing bows side by side: pictures, specs (at the version level), editor reviews, pros & cons, user reviews & ratings, prices. Hope you will enjoy using this tool reguralrly.

This is how it works:

1) Go to http://CompoundBowChoice.com/

2) Scroll down and visit the 'Tools -> Bow Comparator' page

3) Select up to 10 bows. Please note you can compare at the version level. For example, you can compare 2010 PSE X-Force Dream Season UF with 2009 Mathews Monster. The exact specs for the specified versions will be compared. Or you can compare different version of the same model (for example, 2008 Dream Season HF vs. 2009 Dream Season GX vs 2010 Dream Season UF)

4) Click the "Compare" button

5) Compare the selected bows - compare pictures, specs, reviews, pros & cons, ratings, and prices

Can you please have a look and provide your feedback in this thread. Do you like this tool? If so, what do you like exactly. If not, what could be improved? We worked very hard to put it all together and we are more than happy to further improve this particular tool.

P.S. Stay tuned, more unique archery tools & services are coming. We are very excited about delivering even more useful services soon.

Dave

kellyguinn

Checked out and liked it. Its not as good as actually putting the bow in your hand and shooting for yourself but it is definately the next best thing. Good Idea.

Kelly

Bow_Explorer

Thanks for your kind words, Kelly!

MISwampDog

Real good idea. I would suggest adding other manufactorers though. Lots of brands out there not listed. But since this is new Ill give you the benefit of the doubt....j/k. Good idea.

Bow_Explorer

We will definitely do this, buddy! In fact, this is one of our main priorities to add as many brands/models/versions as we can (say starting from 1999 or even earlier)

Thanks for your kind words!

Dave

Bow_Explorer

By the way, we have another tool called compound bow selector. These two tolls (comparator and selector) are integrated. This gives it even more power. You can use it the following way:

1) go to the Selector tool (http://compoundbowchoice.com/reviews/ or http://compoundbowchoice.com/for-sale/)
2) specify the criteria (brace height, IBO, DL, DW, AtA, price, brand, etc.)
3) Click the 'Find' button
4) Once you see the results: have a look at the left hand side of the result table. See some checkboxes? Here we go, you can check the bows from the search result set and click the compare button at the top or at the bottom of the results table.
5) you will be redirected to the Comparator tool with the bows you just selected from the selector window.

This technique is even more powerful in my opinion.

P.S. Please note that our selector (as opposed to comparator) tool also works at the version level - when you see search results on the right hand side you see specs - thiese specs are exact matches for your search. In other words, if a model X has two versions (say 2009 and 2010) and the brace height changed from 6.5 to 7.0 in 2010 and you selected 7 in the selector you will see the specs for the matched version. In other words, this is a very accurate selector at the version level. Hope it all makes sense.

Dave

Bow_Explorer

Guys, just wanted to let you know that over the last week we received some great feedback (from many places) about the tools we discuss in this thread.

Interestingly, we were asked to provide a mechanism for people to contribute to this project. We have been creating these tools for the whole community for more than 18 months now. Many people would be happy to contribute their time and expertise to improve the tools and make them even better.

Therefore, if you have some spare time and would like to contribute to this community project please go to this page and see how you can change the world, make the difference, and help thousands of other archers.

Here is how you could help others and give back to archery:
1) share your bow(s) pics

2) write a brief review about a brand that is not available in the tools discussed in this thread (bow comparator and bow selector) - this will help us plug in new brands to the tools much quicker

3) conduct research and share results with everyone - once again we will be able to add more bows to the comparator and selector tools (as requested by many archers over the last week)

4) provide any other useful info about any brand/bow

As you know we work on this community project for a long time. While we would like to spend more time on these tools for the community, we all have full time jobs and families. So, if you really want to speed the thilngs up and improve the tools, or you are just bored and would like to feel good and be appreciated by many archers, please consider making these tools better by contributing your time and expertise.

Please visit this page for more details.

Thanks very much from many many archers who enjoy using the tools discussed in this thread. Together we can make the difference.

Dave

Bow_Explorer

Final bump before I disappear to continue working on improvements and new tools. Please read my previous post. Thanks! And have a great one!

Dave