Fletching Only Better....?

Have any of you checked out these crazy little things. I have to admit, that I'm intrigued but very skeptical. For one, I don't like that you can't really paper tune your arrows with them on, but I do think the idea is kind of neat...

The FOB <-- Check it out.


Any one have experience with them?

 

Guys on AT PRAISE these little guys (almost on the verge of putting them on a pedestal :D). From those who use them, they love them. In fact, I believe someone was shooting these down at the Florida ASA last weekend, and either won his class, or placed quite high. Anyways, I'm sure they work well, but I don't like the idea that they pop off everytime you have a passthrough, nor can you shoot any type of full containment rest (not that I do, but it's still a downfall). I don't find it that difficult to fletch, and I prefer the look of fletching, and it's durability. The concept is certainly legitimate, and they've been used long enough to prove that they're effective, but I don't care for them.

 

Ask Germ what he thinks of them. We sure had some fun with them at the NE GTG...







That's my yellow nock on the FOB at 9 oclock, Scott I believe broke it.

 

Germ, do you always have your mouth like that when you shoot :D

 

He continually licks his string at full draw. Something about the way it makes him feel.....one with the shot?

 

Ok who's arrows are down at the bottom?

Any of you guys ever tried out these vanes? I am going to mess around with them this coming spring.
http://www.flexfletch.com/flashvs.htm

 

Peak, come clean brother. We all know you want to use your old Miller High Life flights on some Mega Thrust Shafts.

http://www.megathrustarchery.com

 

You better believe I do but make that Hamm's.

 

MMM, from the land of sky blue waters. I hear those darts fly well with ugly bows.

 

I tried some FOBs that someone gave me. Thw arrows flew well enough but I couldn't get past the fact that they fall off at pass through. My bright fletching will help me find my arrow. A FOB won't. That was enough for me to give them away.

 

I actually tried those stupid turbow nocks. what a joke. the only thing i got was taken. the damn things fell apart in flight right off the bow. are these made by the same company?

 

Turbo Nocks and FOBs are unrelated idw.

I don't find either as an improvement on feathers, Blazers nor most vanes.

 

I watched a video on YouTube where a guy used those and he was shooting like a 100 yards and was talking about how the wind doesn't affect them as much idk tho never used em and am sticking with feathers

 

I doubt any fletching is really "better" when the bow and arrow are tuned together correctly. So, if nothing is better, then ya gotta go for cool and nothing, IMO, is cooler than feathers :d .

Edit to add: You also need to go for more forgiving too and, IMO, nothing is more forgiving than feathers :d .

 

Particularly barred feathers.

I guess however, I'm not cool. :d I did have feathers AND Blazers in my quiver last fall though. I shot 2 of the 3 deer with feathers, 2 with the same arrow. :d

 

I was thinking about trying them out. Then, I found out they wiegh about 25 grains each. I'm just not that into the extra weight compared to my 8 grain feathers (all three combined). However, they do seem to fly great!

 

3 blazers weigh 24grains

 

I gave them to you Greg. I didn't like them at I guess you didn't either.

 

No I passed them on at HNI. I don't remember who got them.

 

My friend tried them much to my protest. They flew quite well but were extremely noisy during flight. Also may get pinched by bow string at full draw which may cause problems. In the end my buddy got sick of em always coming off and now shoots blazers.