Best Broadhead for Low Draw Weight Shooters! Afflictor Broadhead Comparison

Hi, I'm Chris with Afflicted Broadheads, and today we're going to be talking about our broadhead line and low poundage. So one of the most frequent calls we get is about what broadhead is best to shoot. Now we're going to be using a pretty light arrow setup. We're only at 368 plus or minus 2 grains on every one of these arrows, so 370 is going to be our heaviest arrow today. And we're going to be using this Bear Apprentice 2, and it is set at 49 pounds. Just to be able to show you at 50 pounds how our broadheads penetrate against each other in case you're really looking at making a selection that's best for you. Now with our hybrids, we've always been very popular with low poundage shooters because we don't require any energy loss. There's no bands to break, there's no O-rings to break. The second the drive key is activated, you have a locked fixed blade at entrance with our hybrids. And that, coupled with just the way our whole design is in regards to penetration, really makes us a great choice for low poundage shooters. So let's shoot our broadheads into 1.5 inch MDF and just get an idea of how the penetration is going to be. Alright, first shot is going to be with our K2 Hybrid. Next shot is Hybrid X Mini, K2 Mini. Next shot is Hybrid EXT, K2 Fixed. Last one we're going to shoot is the Fixed EXT. Alright, so for our low poundage test between our line, we're shooting into the 1.5 inch MDF. We're using all 100 grain broadheads. Now all of them are good choices if you have the right arrow weight. But if you're low poundage and you're shooting lower weights, as long as you fall within all the recommendations and guidelines, there are some better choices here for low poundage. So when we look from this end, we can see the broadheads that did best in our test is the number one penetrator was our K2 Fixed. The next one was the K2 Mini, followed by the Fixed EXT, and then our full cut K2 Hybrid, which is just an amazing broadhead. And then neck and neck here were our Hybrid X Mini and our Hybrid EXT, which have the exact same cuts, the exact same tip. There's just a little bit of difference in the way the blades sweep out, of course, on the Mini, but they're both using our steeper angled EXT tip. As you look at this, you know, you're just comparing within one line to give you an idea of what might be a good choice for you when you're using a low poundage setup. So we had a few broadheads left over from a previous test today, so we thought why not do a side-by-side and compare them to the Afflictors. So we're going to shoot the Schwacker. We have a Rage SC and an NAP Bitfire Double Cross. Low poundage, again, 49 pounds, we're going to shoot these three and see what happens. So you can see when we get into low poundage situations, broadhead choice now becomes a little more critical. You know, if you're shooting heavy poundage, heavy arrow, a lot of FOC, you can really get away with a lot. You can get away with big cuts. You can get away with just about any broadhead design, in fact. But when you're dealing with low poundage, you want to make sure that you're not having a broadhead that really takes a lot of energy, something that has to cut a band, and especially something that has a two-inch or bigger cut because you're really, you may not even have enough momentum, KE, or energy to make that broadhead work properly at all. So you can see here, we shot, the Schwacker did the best when we shot, and followed by the Rage and then the NAP. All open fully, except the Schwacker did not open all the way. It was only partially opened when it went in. So we have fully deployed here on the Rage and the NAP, but not fully deployed on the Schwacker. But, you know, it got a little bit more penetration because of that. All of the afflictors were fully deployed, locked, fixed blades, even the hybrid at entrance, and we still got great penetration. So when you're considering a broadhead for low poundage, you know, there's a lot of great choices out there. Take a look at Afflictor, take a look at some of our past tests and comparisons, and even other people's, and get a really good idea of what the best broadhead is for your individual poundage and your setup.