I'm a Hoyt guy....no way i'd trade a Helim for a charger...that's just me though. Charger is a great bow, but the Helim is worth more.
Ha no to this trade as well. Do you not like your Helim? Or are you just itching to try something new? You keep asking for inputs. You already have one of the best bows that has been made by one of the best bow manufacturers. If you want to try something else that's cool, but I wouldn't trade until you have researched that particular model, and above all shot it a lot. Especially on this trade, you are considering a trade of a bow worth around 700 used for a bow that sells brand new for around 500. If you really want to trade it on something else, look at getting a carbon spider or carbon element, or at least something comparable. You don't see many people trading a Mercedes straight up for a Ford. Plus keep in mind if you bought your bow new, you have a lifetime warranty on it. Go to a shop and try other bows if you are set on trading, but don't make an impulse swap you will regret.
If you are interested in Hoyt, look at trading for a Spyder. While the Heli-M is a great bow, you're not going to be able to trade it straight up for a carbon Hoyt of any kind. The Heli-M isn't going to match up with an $1,100-$1,300 Carbon Spyder. The Charger is a fantastic bow. I talked my dad into upgrading his old bow for a Charger this spring, but I would not do the trade either unless he offered you a few hundred dollars in addition. Then I'd sell the Charger and add the additional money and go buy a Faktor 30.
That's not always true with the warranty comment. I bought a used 2010 Hoyt turbo hawk in 2011. I shot it for 2 years, ran it over with my truck (seriously, and picked it up and shot a bullseye), killed many deer with it, shot it thousands of times (even after running it over), turned around and sold it later on. The guy contacted me a few months later and said he had some limb splinters starting. I told him to take it to his nearest dealer, and guess what- Hoyt had the dealer put a new set of limbs on at no charge! I'll always shoot a Hoyt for those reasons.
Englum that's interesting, I have a 2011 crx32 that I bought as a second owner, first owner never but an arrow through it. 6 months after I got it the bottom limb splintered, my dealer that treats me very well said the only way they could do it under warranty was if the first owner never registered it. He didn't so I got lucky and registered it myself. Hoyt warranty isnt transferable but if you never registered the bow then that may be why they did the limbs.
That may have been the reason they warrantied it for him- I don't recall registering the bow when I had it.
