QuickFletch opinions

[Guest bowhunter56]

I am thinking about trying quickfletch vanes, anyone have any experience especially long term use of them, and do they improve your accuracy.

[Ethan Givan]

Yes I have used them for 3 years now. If you put them on your arrow correctly they will last just as well as any other vanes IMO. The arrows I have now have had the same quickfletch vanes on them since last summer. I shot them all last summer, used them last season and Im shooting them now this summer. 2 of the arrows have passed through deer and they are still in good shape. If you dont apply them to your arrow shaft correctly, then they wont last long at all.

BTW I dont know which ones you are considering using, the one by NAP or by Extreme Shrinkfletch. I tried the NAP shrink fletch and they didnt hold up well. The Extreme Shrink Fletch are what I use. Michael Waddell uses them.

Edited July 15, 2010 by Ethan Givan

[col3]

Well im going to go totaly against what the guy above me said, i bought the extreme shrink fletch with blazer vanes to try them out, the first one i put one looked like the vanes werent glued onto it very well, but i went ahead and tried it, and about the third shot i took the one vane just ripped off when i shot, and since then ive put more on my arrows, gone exactly by the instructions, used the right temperature water, left a little debris and roughed up the edge of the arrow so they would stick better, and they still slide up the shaft of my arrow after I shoot them a while, im deffinatley not going to get them again, i will go back to getting my regular wraps and not having to deal with the hastle of these anymore. But thats just my personal experience and opinion

[Ethan Givan]

Here are 3 of my arrows with the shrink fletch. They are dirty from 2 years of use, shot into the dirt, and through deer, but as you can see they are in perfect condition.

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[Guest bowhunter56]

Thanks Ethan, I appreciate your input..

[Guest bowhunter56]

Thanks cole3..I also appreciate your input.

[col3]

Ethan what setup do you have? just curious if maybe fps has an impact on how well they last, or arrows maybe.

[Ethan Givan]

Ethan what setup do you have? just curious if maybe fps has an impact on how well they last, or arrows maybe.

I am hunting with a Martin Saber set at 67 pounds with a 29 inch draw. I have never shot through a chrony but using a fps calculator im shooting somewhere around 276 fps. For arrows Im using Gold Tip Expedition Hunters 5575s. Im also using a whisker biscuit rest.

[col3]

Well i shoot a Martin Pantera, with a whisker biscuit, about 67 # draw weight, and carbon impact fat shaft arrows, 280 fps, so very similar set ups, i might of bought a bad batch, but the vanes do not want to stay on the shrink tube at all, i put my last two on last night figuring i might as well use them, and after just 5 shots at the 3d range tonight, one of the vanes ripped off, the other is holding up well, so im not sure why im having such an issue with them.

[Ethan Givan]

I dont know either. I have never had an issue with that at all. I held a couple in the water too long before and the whole sleeve slipped off the shaft but that was my fault. How long do you hold your sleeves in the water? I heat my water in the microwave until it starts boiling, then as soon as the water quits boiling I dip the shaft. I dip mine in slow, count to 3, and pull them out. Takes about 7 seconds tops to do one. I reheat my water after each sleeve.

[col3]

i get it right to the exact temperature the instructions say, 180 degrees, dip it in slow, and rotate as i pull it out, pretty much exactly as it says to do

[MUDRUNNER]

Yes I have used them for 3 years now. If you put them on your arrow correctly they will last just as well as any other vanes IMO. The arrows I have now have had the same quickfletch vanes on them since last summer. I shot them all last summer, used them last season and Im shooting them now this summer. 2 of the arrows have passed through deer and they are still in good shape. If you dont apply them to your arrow shaft correctly, then they wont last long at all.

BTW I dont know which ones you are considering using, the one by NAP or by Extreme Shrinkfletch. I tried the NAP shrink fletch and they didnt hold up well. The Extreme Shrink Fletch are what I use. Michael Waddell uses them.

That's pretty much the results I've had with them. I have a few arrows with the Extreme shrink fletch and 4" Duravanes. I've also had a few pass throughs without any damage. I shoot a drop away now, but even when I had a whisker biscuit I thought that they held up better than fletchings that my shop put on.