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Eight bows. All under $200. Which bow is best for you?
The number one question I get is, what bow should I buy?
And thank you for all the support. By purchasing our archery products,
this allows me to buy these bows, having no affiliation with these companies,
so that I can give you honest reviews.
Specs, speed, smoothness, snagability, and sacrifice is the scale we are testing these bows to.
Each person is different, and each bow is different.
Meaning, I don't know exactly what bow you will need,
but my goal is to give you enough information
so that you can make an educated choice on the next bow to buy.
So, let's get right into it.
Today, we're looking into a one-piece, 54-inch recurve bow.
This bow comes with a six-month warranty, guaranteed by the manufacturer.
When ordering this bow, draw weight options are 30 to 50 pounds.
This bow right here is a 40-pounder.
I'm going to use this tillering tree right above me to measure the draw weight.
And this bow comes in right at 40 pounds. It's perfect.
This bow is indeed a recurve bow.
Now, we do have a short six-inch serving section, but it does fall in the right location.
This bow has an ebony handle, and then it's got high-strength fiberglass.
It's also got this light wood that they don't mention,
that from the looks of it, definitely looks like bamboo to me.
Bamboo will have all those little dots in it more so,
and maple won't have as much as those little,
that little bit of grain, those little dots, those little dimples in it.
I don't know exactly what that's called, but this wood right here,
you can see those dimples, and I believe that is a bamboo core.
On the limb tip, we do have fiberglass, both bamboo cores.
Looks like fiberglass again.
Some sort of white fiberglass is my guess, and then fiberglass on the outside.
They stamped in that it's a 40-pound bow.
Description clearly states that this is not a toy, so do not shoot people.
I fully agree.
So this bow's totally getting a 9 out of 10 on the specs.
This bow has absolutely been the king on the snagability test.
439 was the score.
Second place was 424.
Average is 406.
This is taking 50 shots at a target and just scoring those shots.
The highest I could get is 500.
This got a 439, and it didn't only shoot well, it felt really good to shoot.
And what's amazing about this one is that it's a 54-inch bow, and it shot that smoothly.
With a shorter bow, it's harder to make a comfortable shooting bow,
but this one totally, this one totally checked that box
and made it really an enjoyable experience when shooting,
and that helped my accuracy out quite a bit.
So on the snagability test, with these bows under 200 bucks,
we're giving this one a 9 out of 10.
When we come to the smoothness on this bow, I'm not disappointed again.
It's such a short bow, but the handle feels so good.
Take a listen, and this is what it sounds like.
There's a little vibration afterwards, but it feels like it comes out pretty smooth.
So for such a short bow, I'm actually very pleased with this.
Let's take one more shot.
You know, on the smoothness of this bow, I'm giving it a 6.
You know, it's not quite a 7.
It has that lag of vibration, but the shooting experience is better than a 6,
just because of how comfortable and perfect the handle feels.
Quietness is kind of in the middle.
So smoothness and comfortability, we're going with a 6.
This is a chronograph.
It's what I use to test speed.
Just shoot an arrow through those wiry things,
and it'll tell you how fast the arrow's going in feet per second or meters per second.
I've got 184 feet per second with this bow,
with a 10 grain per pound of draw weight arrow,
meaning a 40 pound bow needs a 400 grain arrow.
And that's exactly what we did.
184 feet per second.
The other 40 pound bow we tested was the Black Hunter bow.
That one came in at 191 feet per second.
We also tested the SAS Pioneer that's 40 pound draw.
That one came in at 171 feet per second.
The Top Archery bow was a 43 pound bow that came in at 180 feet per second.
So this bow coming in at 184 feet per second is pretty good.
It's not top notch, but it's pretty stinking good,
and you're not going to tell a big difference
with a bow that's 5 to 10 feet per second faster.
So this bow gets a 7 out of 10 on the speed test.
Now as far as the sacrifice goes for this bow right here,
it's not that high.
Like, it's a $179 bow, which is under a $200 bow.
Basically $180.
But for a 54 inch bow that shoots this smoothly,
I've never seen that.
The handle is what I like the most, and the comfortability of shooting.
Those are the two favorite things about this bow.
It's hard to find a bow this short that shoots this smooth,
and when it shoots so smooth, you enjoy the experience so much more.
And that's why I think I really like this bow.
In conclusion, this bow gets a 39 out of 50 on the Shatterproof Archery score.
I would buy this bow again.
This is in my top three favorite bows out of this mini series of these eight we've created.
If you're joining me now for the first time,
I got a playlist of all eight of these bow reviews.
And also, I have a video in the works going over all eight bows
and telling you why I like what I like.
All in one video, I'm going to recap everything.
And then you can go to the individual videos if you want the in-depth reviews.
But the Shatterproof score doesn't exactly equal how much I like the bow.
However that works out, and I'll tell you why in the next video.
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