opinions please.....

[CMB50]

Ok, i'm well over due for a set of new arrows and i'm looking at the Carbon Tech Sportsters for 2 reasons...

1) the price is right. They seem pretty economical and since most of my income manages to find it's way into the hands of my girlfriend and mysteriously 'disappears', i don't have a big budget for arrows.
2) I've had a couple of people recommend them, but i just wanted to guage opinions from others.

Any feedback will be much appreciated :D

[Kuru]

Can't comment on sportsters but I have carbon tech hippos and quality is great for both shafts and components

[mike]

I'm with you on this one CMB, they'd have to be pretty bad arrows to not be good value at their price. What price have you seen for a set?

Never shot CTs my self, but have shot Beman Divas which were the same type of arrow. If they are as good as the Divas were then I will be getting them next. (I used to get the Divas at $75 a dozen!! Now thats what arrows should cost!!)

I can't imagine that they could be all that bad, though I suspect they would break quite frequently, I think Bernie Andrews was using CTs on the first day of the state target and he broke 5 or 6 (mind you, when you shoot a 1371 you would expect to crush a few.)

So it may be that you'd have to by 2 sets, but that would still work out better financially I think.

Value for money is something I have had to question with my Cartels after going through 6 out of 12 in 9 months, 5 of which were due to breakage (the other I lost). So far to me its seems to make no difference how much I spend, they never last more than a year. So I may as well just keep the price down.

[CMB50]

They're currently on the alt services site for $110 a dozen ( $9.19 each)
Seems like pretty good value to me. Obviously depending on what their mortality rate is like.
I've got a few Beman Divas....on one of my stabilisers! LOL

If i had to destroy a dozen to shoot a 1371, then i would!

[Alan Loy]

Archery Mart in SA has them for $111 http://www.archerymart.com.au/ 08-8276-5911

For an extra $1 you keep the money in Oz :D

[Flex]

Can get them at archery-supplies.biz in canberra for $110 as well.

[TomL]

I'm with Mike on this one, they do break quite frequently, well break... actually they split open.
They are good arrows for their price.
I shot them for a brief moment but I went back ACE's (I could buy a nice set of 2nd hand arrows).
One annoying thing is that I had to glue my points with a 2's components glue otherwise I kept loosing my points in the target. I couldn't do much testing in that way.
I stick with Easton now but yes ACE's are too expensive, so I'm trying the Navigators this year. Untill now I like them a lot, but I haven't shot a tournement with them yet.

[Marcus]

Rick's glue I'm told wors well, and you can get the point out later by heating.

[TomL]

Thanks for the tip Marcus, I'll keep it in mind for when I have to glue points in some full carbon arrows.