Switching From Mechanical to Fixed Blade Broadheads! What You MUST KNOW!

Hi, I'm Chris with Afflicted Broadheads, and today we're going to talk about switching from mechanical to fixed blade broadheads. What's involved? What should I know? Is it difficult? And the short answer is it is really not that difficult to switch from your mechanical or hybrids over to a fixed blade. But there are some things that you should consider or need to know if you're going to make the switch. Out of the blue, I'd like to say, you know, fixed or making this massive comeback, whether it be a two blade, four blade, three blade, or the single bevel, which has become really popular lately. And so a lot of people are saying, well, I don't shoot fixed because they don't fly right out of my setup. So I really don't want to switch from mechanical. But then the more videos they watch, they're like, boy, I would really like to try a fixed blade broadhead. And what do I do? I'm nervous about it. I'm nervous that I'm not going to get the flight characteristics that I need to have. Well, one thing that you can be sure of, if there is flaws in your bow setup and your arrow setup, a fixed blade is going to let you know it. There's no doubt about it. Because if you think about it, when you are shooting a field tip, most people are going to a mechanical because they want that same type of aerodynamic as the field tip for accuracy. You know, that's just the basic premise anyway. So if truly your mechanical broadhead is flying like your field tip, then if you're switching over, you're just kind of saying, okay, well, I'm just comparing this fixed blade to the field tip because that's the same flight that I've had because of the forgiveness, if you will, of having the mechanical broadhead. But the fixed blade is not all that difficult. In fact, if your bow is tuned and timed and you have the right arrow, especially when it comes to spine, you're not going to have any trouble with the fixed blade broadhead at all switching over. It should actually be very easy. And so all you really need to do is decide on your fixed blade broadhead. What is it that you want to shoot? Are you going to go to a single bevel or a two blade or a three blade? What really has been your interest level? Watch some independent videos. Find out how the testing is gone. What's important to you? Is it penetration that's most important? Is it durability? Is it a combination of things? So you can really narrow that choice down. And then when it comes to the switch, get yourself a broadhead target, screw on your fixed blade broadhead and go shoot. Start close. Start at 10 yards and see how that flies. When you are considering that you are now putting a little bit of a rudder on the end here, if you are out of tune, if your bow is out of tune and your arrow is not properly tuned to your bow, you're going to have some issues with your flight and you'll be able to see that characteristic really easy. So my first advice is to make sure that your bow is good to go. And then your arrow, you really got to watch your spine as well. You don't want to be weak spined going to a fixed blade. It'll really highlight that because you're increasing that oscillation and you're now increasing that rudder effect, if you will, on the front end. So you have to make sure that you're properly spined as well. But if you are tuned before you put on your fixed blade, you're going to make all of your micro tuning really easy, all your fine adjustments, which should not be that drastic. And you should be able to dial in relatively easy and keep shooting and have no problem with the fixed blade broadhead. So if you are going to make the change, I highly recommend some walkback tuning, French tuning. We have some great videos on that as well. Check them out. If you have any questions, drop them below.