The debate whether .005 straightness is good enough is a moot point now.Friday i went to pick up my bow and wasgiven a lesson as to why you get what you pay for.Len was paper tuning my bow at different distances and these supposedly "good enough" arrows were all over the place.Tail left,tail right,tail down,you name it they did it.Everything but bullet holes[:'(]We decided that i should go home get a few more of "those" arrows and a few of my old Whitetail XP's.Now Len proceeded to shoot the other arrows with the same results,complete crap.Then he nocked just 1 of the Whitetail XP's and BLAMO!!!!!!! ,Perfect bullet hole...Apparently these arrows were 4 years old and were "dumped" at Bass Pro to get rid of them.The spine on these arrows were horrible.The moral of this story is just because you you think your getting a deal money wise,think twice about it before buying.I knew better than to think i could get $140.00 arrows for $60.00,i just hoped they were mistakenly mispriced by them.

Dave:

It's really funny to look at the responses from when you first presented this question. There seems to be little to no skepticizm about quality, actualtolerance, or tunability.

Ifmany could only seen the horrific difference(bullet holes to 4" tear) that we saw in the performance of these arrows, they'd soon start tounderstand how this portion of the formula can be so integral to the 'system.'

The moral of the story.......get the best arrows you can afford and sometimes specials are not special.

Amen Brother[8D]

Your problems with paper tuning probably have more to do with incorrect spine, then they do with the straightness of your arrows.

That is just what i said.

Bought some ICS Beaman hunters. I could get each individual arrow to go to a certain spot but not 3 of them to go to the same spot. I was waiting for some hunter elites. They came and I made up 4 and shot them at four spots. All would have been touching if not on top of each other. It matters!.

All were tipped with broadheads.