Been shooting archery for over 55 years and about every 25 years the 80# and saddle harness debates stir up again.

Nice job on the video. I’d love to see you guys do a battle of the 80 pound bows. RVX 4 in particular

Could you do at 60 pound and 70 pound comparison so us with shoulder problems

Most Organised To The Point and Genune on You tube . Thanks sir . 👍👍👍👍

Good shit. Been looking for this info. Thank you.

I'm 52 glad to see the 80 pound bow years ago I used a 92 pound I just like the pounds using the 75 pound phase 4 currently. My local archery shop is davenport's archery and they carry mathews so that's what I shoot there a really great bow .thanks for the video.

You don’t “need” 70 to kill anything in North America, but a more energy never hurts…..’Murica!

Most people who say you don’t need 80lbs, haven’t actually shot 80lbs. It’s not much of a difference compared to 70lbs. These new bows make drawing 80lbs feel like older bows at 70lbs. 80lbs all the way!

Right big dog cool review and I can understand what your trying to tell us all here that there is a difference when you change draw weight on your compound bow. Can I ask you is that what would you consider a good draw weight for being efficient for hunting anything in north America. Again great information and work that you do and keep up the great work you do. Full respect for you buddy!!!😊

Just ordered a mathews lift 33 with 80 pound mods!! Probably won't see it until July 😂😂, but worth it. Love your channel 💪💪

Nice video. Im currently shooting a 90lb apa king cobra xr 715gr arrow at 275 fps. With a 29" draw length. I am a heavy arrow kind of guy and i like shooting heavy arrows fast. I appreciate videos on heavier draw weight bows

Man it’s crazy how very little specs change a lot. I was able to get 322 fps at 80lbs with a 445 grain arrow at 29.5 inches of draw length. Not bashing or bragging I just like to share my info and setup. For people that don’t believe me I have a KZfaq shorts video showing everything

Love your videos! Simple yet informative!! Keep it up!

Love to see this same video with the Hoyt RX 8 Ultra. I think it's a much smoother draw and would be curious about the speeds from 70 to 80 lbs. Great video!

I currently shoot 70lbs and I appreciate the videos.

Great video. Currently shooting a 700g at 31.5”DL at 250fps 75# and silent with the Atlas. Shot a 33” Lift a couple days ago at 70# and was very impressed. Adding a bow to the rack with 80# mods sounds exciting.

80lb bows have really become popular, they were hard to find at one time!

I couldn’t get back 80 lbs in a bow press! 😂

Its usually always been the guys that cant pull 80 lbs that make those lame comments lol I’m 52 now and can still pull it if I need to!

I have a 2012 Hoyt rampage sitting at 83.26 lbs & I get 287 fps with a 470 grain arrow. I also hunt in Minnesota & I don’t have a problem with it in the cold.

Problem is there are WAY too many people these days that are over bowed. I see it all the time. People struggling to draw smoothly, but just because they "can" get it back, they think its fine, but their form and shot suffers severely. Their ego gets in the way of building an accurate shot with good form. If you can draw 80 lbs smoothly and then shoot 60-100 arrows in a range session, then by all means go for it... and I don't want to hear "but I only need 1 shot for hunting" ... if that's how you think, get a crossbow because you owe the animal you are shooting at to be proficient and accurate with you bow, and that means being extremely comfortable with your bow, which means being able to draw it and shoot it for 60+ arrows in a session. Where you hunt also plays a role. Out west I might push it a little bit, but where I hunt, 70lbs is more than enough for anything. 60lbs is even plenty. Being accurate is waay more important than drawing heavy weight but can only shoot 8" groups. Thats my rant on the matter anyways. The more people shooting bows, the better. I just like to see people build solid fundamentals and get concerned with how many people I see that are over-bowed these days.

I've been thinking about switching to a 50 lb bow lately. I just love being able to draw super slow and easy when hunting.

Interesting information, thanks for posting this. Like others have requested I would be curious to see the 60 to 70 pound comparison and even the 50 to 60 pound comparison. Almost bought a Lift 29.5, and still am very interested but I got an offer to buy a carbon bow I couldn't refuse. lol I may still pick up the lift though.

I personally like 65 pounds. And at 50 yards I usually get1 10. I'm now shooting the Matthews lift 29.5. And I really like this bow. It is small and it has given me a challenge. But there's nothing wrong with it. I need to tune my steadiness length with the back wall. I've been shooting for over 40 years, and this is the only bow that is not carbon fiber that now I have fell in love with! I do personally like the carbon fiber. But man, the 29.5 is the smallest and most forgiven. I am using 12 inch stabilizer out front and the 8 inch stabilizer veered off on the back.

I love my bow. I am shooting a Mathews monster MR6 30.5 inch draw and 80 lbs. I live out west and want my arrow to shot extremely flat and have the highest energy I can. Im lucky to hunt elk every year.

Where can you get the tool you held in your hand to measure the draw weight? Is it reliable or do you need to have an arrow in when you use it? Thank you!

I shoot on older pse persion series 1000c compound bow is a whisker biscuit holder good for this bow set at 60 pounds and draw length at 30 inches

I shot the 29.5 @ 30” and 80# with a 420grain arrow and got 322fps, screamer

I like your review and I'm Curious if you can tell if there is a difference in the feel of the draw cycle between the 29.5" and the 33" lift at the 80lb mods. If one feels more resistance than the other, or one is easier to pull? My draw is 28" and am currently at 70lbs. I can easily handle 72lbs from my Mathews v3 31. I'm looking really hard at the lift and trying to decide between the 29.5" or the 33" with either the 75lb or 80lb mods and can go either one honestly with my style of hunting and shooting. Am looking for kinda a sweet spot of ease of draw and speed. Thanks for any input or suggestions.

Do a 80lb Mach 30, it’ll upset those Mathew’s fans. Smoother draw and faster.

Buddies dad was a smaller gentleman and bow hunted his whole life.He tuned our bows when we were kids.He pulled 80 lbs up into his seventies.Mind you the let off was alot less back in the day.He had several aluminum arrows that were stacked. Best shot in camp by far.

Any idea what speeds I’d see with a 27.5 inch draw shooting the 75 pound mods with a 430gr arrow? My current setup is 436gr @280fps. Trying to get more speed!

I shot 80lbs for years, dropped down to 70lbs ten years ago on my elk and moose bow and down to 60lbs on my deer and black bear hunting bow. 80lbs is awesome when your young and strong, but as you get into your forties you better consider your shoulders. That said I didn't loose much speed going to a 70 pounder, I just went with a faster bow, smaller BH, now im shooting a pse omen EC2, its fast and smooth

For reference my bow shoots a 600 grain arrow around 160fps hard to believe ive had several clean pass throughs on indiana deer.

Lift 33. 75# 30” draw 533 grains 281 FPS

I was always curious the difference in FPS with a 70 lbs in comfort compared to a 60 lbs bow in performance with a Bowtech

My 75 lb V3X @30 is lobbing 540 grain arrows at 283fps with over 95ft-lbs more than enough for cape york buffalo!.

Early Chinese were said to use 135 pound pull weight bows. Is this possible? They hunted rhinocerous, tiger, and buffalo and needed power. Any guestimate on velocity? I have no idea of arrow weight and length.

How much does adding a inch of draw length increase speed typically?

If you are buying a lift, make sure you shoot several bows on their shelf… My lift 33 shot 291 at 68.5lbs 28” 425gr There’s more speed available than is shown in this video

In most cases every bow will shoot roughly 2 fps per every pound of peak weight that you add.

Test the speed at different distances. 30, 40 & 50 yards.

Finally someone testing with an arrow over 500gr. 600 is getting to heavy 😂

Do this with rx8 pls

I don’t shoot 80 and I don’t recommend it . But , good video , some guys just love to push the limits .

Not that impressive. I'm getting 304fps with a 430 gr arrow out of my 5 year old Elite Option 6 at 70lb and a 29in draw thought the speeds would be a lot faster at 80lb

Making videos on 80# mods, but not available for customers online.

1o pound increase for 20 fee per second speed

do you need it? no... but its AMERICA.. hehehe love it

So ... 333ish ibo at 435 and 70 with a crappy draw? No thanks! I shot one the other day and it felt stiff and humpy to me.

If you're not shooting 100#s then you aint doing nothing.

I have my bow maxed out at 72lbs but I’m 12years old but getting an 80lb bow next year

PSEMACHE30 80ro70？

80 lbs is not for everyone. Especially cry babies.

Lets see what your trt therapy and your bald head can do with that bow "unedited" at 100 yards.

Don't order this bow it is junk

Only jocks shoot anything over 65lbs and have no business being out in the mountains. Stay in the gym and out of the field.

These bows all shipped with 85% let off mods and to say there is no dump into the valley is a joke. The 80% mods are much better and add a few FPS.