A couple weeks ago i was trolling around youtube when i came across this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoTXRQNDPA In it, it states that the blazer vanes are the only vanes that have the design to make an arrow spin to stabilize it in flight. So since i shoot the NAP quikfletch twisters id do a little testing myself I sacrificed an arrow to do this but these are my results If ya look in the first picture you can see that upon entry the arrow was spinning, and stayed spinning untill being ripped off the arrow. The second picture is to show how much depth it got. Also it states how "durable" blazers are. Now ive been shooting the quikfletches for a little over a year now, prior to this was shooting blazers. Well last summer i did a durability test on some hay bails. Needless to say first pass through my blazers went bye-bye. And surprisingly the quikfletch took 4 pass throughs till it was unusable anymore, but the vanes were all still intact just peeled back a bit. So i guess the answer im lookin for out of this is, are blazers really better then a quikfletch? And does a blazer really have more of a spin affect on an arrow?
I love QuickFletch I I'm in a bind and have to have them now. They are easy and durable to an extent. I used them for about 1-1/2 years and went back to fletchings just due to the expense. Since I have went back and went with buying shafts an having my shop fletch them, I have not had a fletchings come off. I have shot through everything from pumpkins to bag targets to carpet to hard foam targets. I haven't had one come off that I didn't shoot off with another arrow. I didn't have issues with QF's unless I shot through my back stop (which is 4 layers of carpet) or they went through one of my foam targets a couple times. I think if they are done right, the Blazers are probably more durable. As far as spinning goes, NAP spins faster. But, if your bow is properly tuned, that doesn't matter as much.
NAP had a bad run of them with glue issues last year. Sounds like you might of gotten those. I had a few bad ones but NAP did a great job getting them replaced for me. Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
That's only the 3rd quikfletch I've ever had come off. The other 2 times from hay bails. I still have yet to take down a deer with em but I'm sure they'll prolly survive it.
I recently bought a new set of easton arrows that came equipped with blazers. With in maybe 20 shots they were peeling off. Was not a fan at all. Bought 2 dozen of the nap quickfletchings with the twister vains. Absolutly love them super easy to put on an very durable!!
HELL YEAH!!!! like i said earlier im still waitin to take a deer out with mine but seems like they do a hell of a job by the looks of those pics
I could never get the twisters to fly right with broadheads. I mean they really flew all over the place. The quick spins were better but when I switched over the shrink fletch, which use blazers, they flew great for me. Overall, other than the cost, I think these ready-made fletching are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Blessings........Pastorjim
I had an issue with the twisters glue but, not the QuickSpins. I had a bunch of twisters come loose in impact of targets. NAP sent replacements though. Great product.
Hmmm I've never had a problem with them going outta control with broadheads. The only thing I've noticed is they drop a tiny bit but nothing horrible. An I'm with you on em bein the best thing since sliced bread, no more waitin a week for the local shop to get em done. Boilin water an 15 seconds later its back to shootin
Blazers aren't anything crazy special. The point of fletchings is to stabilize your arrow and this basically means rotation. I like the NAP quickfletch. I used to fletch my own blazers but I never could get them like I wanted. My local shop charges $2 every time I need to replace a broken blazer. I've been shooting the heartland bowhunter series quickfletch. They're relatively cheap. The key to quickfletch is that you have to be somewhat careful. If you shoot through a target too much, go through a backstop, or hit arrows, you're going to break them. That said, it's $2 vs $3 so it really isn't that bad. The other day I stopped in and shot on my way home from work. I was shooting 25 yards sighting in my first pin so I was shooting groups. I heard a smack and knew it was going to cost when I saw the entire quickfletch fall to the ground in 1 piece... robin hooded the 2 arrows and it split the quickfletch right down the side, pretty cool except it cost me 2 arrows.
I picked up two dozen 390ACC last year, usually buy raw shafts and wrap and fletch my own...however the price as too good to pass on...these were fletched with 2" NAP twisters... I jut tuned my new Elite Answer the past couple and cut a couple of the ACC with the twisters and they shot very well. Seem to be durable and today I shot Broadheads with them and grouped and flew super. Bottom line is we have better fletching choices then ever before, gone are the days that we needed big heavy 5 " vanes and feathers to stabilize and shoot Broad heads well.... Nap twisters and quik spins, blazers and AAE elites are all good products and should/ do work well.
Atleast I'm not the only person who seems to think there's somethin close to if not better then blazers.
