Dude I've gotten into archery this year pretty deep, and a lot of my knowledge comes from watching your videos - just wanna say thanks! Keep em coming

I love the silly names of some archery brands like the 'venom' finger tab from 'black mamba archery' only the really scary sounding products will prevail, eh? I have not yet come across Rainbow Unicorn Archery, probably way to tame :oD

Hi, this video gave me a general concept of archery brands. Pretty useful! Thank you.

best arrow introduction video i've ever seen, thank u for list these brands. im a student, which means hoyt is so expensive for me, while i can only trust hoyt for its price.

MK Korea actually makes the most expensive recurve bows - their top end risers and limbs are more expensive than those of Hoyt and W&W. Uukha's top end products are not mid-range either. I agree with the main point of the video though.

This channel is extremely helpful I love it. I'm extremely new to archery (haven't shot a bow at all. Age:15) so I am looking to invest into a compound bow.

Love the videos! Keep em up!!!

+1 for WNS and Easton arrows. After my beginner Cartel, I got a WNS Axiom + with Explore W1 Limbs and did not regret it. Most of my accessories are WNS now due to how cheap and reliable they are

I don't know if pse makes decent recurves, but they make some of the top of the line flagship level compounds. Even some people who hate the citation's price tag still go with shooting pse with the supra focus even though it has been 1-2 years old! Just shows that you don't need a new bow in order to be good, you can still get older models and shoot nice scores :)

Hi NUSensei. Love your videos. I paid the most attention to one called " can you teach yourself archery". One question. Any comments on a brand called GEOLOGIC. I'm certain they have bows that are beginner level stuff. When I read about them the first thing that came to mind was "Toyota"; mass produced, cheap, and probably good vfm. I ask because this is one (and I mean the only one) brand I can get where I live, and where I live is not big in archery.

I'm sorry, but calling FIVICS, MK and UUKHA 'mid-range' is definitely a misconception. FIVICS and MK have a product range from mid-range to the very highest of high-end, and UUKHA is one of the most expensive if not THE most expensiveand exclusive brand in all of recurve archery.

Thank you! I appreciate that you didn’t actually recommend a specific brand and feel much better about my big spend on my first every now (bear) and not regretting going through an archery store after this! 😊 although kinda wondering if maybe I shouldn’t have spent the $20 on a cheap Kmart bow for my son 🤷🏻‍♀️ (3 yrs old, if he likes archery I do plan on handing down my bow when I upgrade, like the only benefit is he cannot hurt himself on the arrows as they are suction cup tips 😂)

Bear makes some great recovers and missed some of the other top line bows such as Parker, Martin, and bowtech with own diamond and g5

Mybo is a good starter brand as well. They are a merlin archery exclusive I belive and make great entery to low midrange kit, as well as some good acsesories

I have a Great Tree Archery recurve. it was very cheap ( as far as bows go). But I bought it knowing it was cheap because I was on a strict budget. Plus I break things and I didn't want to spend a fortune on a bow just to break it. However my bow has been solid. It's kind of wonky at times but I chalk that up to me being bad at archery. LOL.

I've owned a 45# Bear takedown recurve since 1976 and have been pleased with its performance. After listening to your video I was wondering how you think Bear recurve bows compare to the other brands you mentioned.

FIVICS, MK Archery, and Spigarelli are definitely not just mid-range. They are top quality brands.

A video like this while it does help to inform someone about archery also strengthens a stereotype that no quality can be found on places like eBay and Amazon. As such I am very conflicted as to if I like this video or not. You can find very high quality equipment of any kind (even for example hoyte bows) on these sites especially by using the filtering tools which makes them a phenomenal resource for those willing to learn to use them.

Im stuck between buying a Hoyt Riser for $400 or a PSE complete Set (Riser/Limbs/String) for $400 both look nice. For me its more of not wanting to upgrade parts later on, rather than not liking the bow

Interesting story, a teammate bought a Martin Jaguar online, it was such a great price he couldn't pass it up. Our instructor thought there was something funny about it. Turns out the whole riser was bent, they thought it might be a factory second. You get what you pay for.

Oneida bows iv fallen in love with the price is high but worth it

Ones of my favorite: TradTech; Easton; Samick; Excalibur Crossbow;

What would be your opinion on Ragim

shootng a kinetic halo at the moment. not known by you? very nice product for a good price

This video is quite dated now, most of the high quality affordable bows and kits are sold on Amazon. Just picked up a few Sanlida bows for some beginners. Great quality for a low price.

What can you say about Core archery?

Just a correction. Uukha is not mid-range. Their limbs for example start at around 250 pounds and go all the way to 600. Their risers are also quite expensive. Pretty much the same goes for MK.

For new starter into anything they would buy a starter kit and down the road if they still interest they would buy the name brand.

I’ve become a Bowtech fanboy. Their customer service is unmatched, and when you’re buying high end, it makes you feel appreciated by the people making money off you 😆. Keep the vids coming 👍🏼

Thoughts on Martin jaguar elite? Still a good band after fire and whatnot?

Bowfishers and bowhunters do go for apex bows just b cause of the sheer quality of their bows👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Although Cartel risers and limbs are ok, I would NOT recommend any of their accessories (except maybe their arrow rests). Their sights are poor imitations. Although they look ok and may seem ok for entry level, they are not. They require multiple tightening, needing the Alan wrenches on you at all times to make the adjustments. Even with the wrenches, they vibrate apart. My norm is to shoot and then check and tighten the sights and plunger constantly. If I don't, the plungers fall out of the riser, the sights fall apart...literally...as in the pieces will drop to the ground. The plungers are impossible to keep tight without another tool, each plunger having multiple sizes of alan wrenches used. Meaning, you can't keep just one on you, but a multitude of them. For entry level, a Cartel riser and limbs are ok (though the limbs are loud) but splurge and buy a Shibuya sight and Beiter plunger and another higher-end, clicker. If you don't keep up with archery, you should be able to resell those items. No one will buy a used Cartel site...(except maybe an Ebay shopper).

Sensei, would you recommend Topoint brand? I'm very new to archery and i'm buying my first bow.

This video is somewhat old and probably this has been said, but I want to make some corrections: 1) the largest segment in commercial archery is probably bow hunting; there's roughly 18 millions of bow hunters in the world and almost half of them live in USA, target archery and 3D archery are niche landscapes in terms of finnacial weight; 2) the four largest brands in the market are Mathews, Hoyt, PSE and Bowtech, mostly in that order (Hoyt makes more variety of bows, and is part of Easton which is the largest arrow manufacturer, but Mathews probably sells more bows); Mathews also owns Mission which is a mid price brand; PSE is huge but instead of having smaller brands has from entry level quality bows to top high end; Bowtech is a bit smaller but istill comparable to the other three. 3) After those four you have a dozen of more niche brands (but still top quality) which either are new or have loss some weight; that includes Draton, Bear or Martin amongst the historical or Elite, Obsession, Xpedite or Athens in the newer. There's top quality manufacturers in the recurve landscape (as Win & Win) which despite their tech and features are merely a shadow in terms of sales compared to the "4 big".

I just brought a second hand topoint serenity (3 months old) as an entry lvl compound for me and loving it. Only £255 with a lot of top end accessories but I done my research on the accessories that came with it so I wouldn't say don't buy off ebay or online in general but do your research I went to my local archery shop and the guy there went straight to a £475 bare compound bow no riser sights nothing and starts totalling it up and im like no thanks mate just just trying to fleece me so what im saying is just be careful where you buy stuff …. do your research first before buying

There's a lot of snake oil with archery kit. A lot of the cheaper brands are good enough if you're not at a professional level competing in top tournaments. An example is recurve sights in the hundreds of £££'s or limbs made with super premium materials.

rly helpfull thx :D

Is Oak Ridge a good brand? I want to buy the recurvebow "Oak Ridge - Zebrali".

Very honest.

Opinions on Fleetwood?

In my humble opinion there are two brands that offer both quality and beauty: Black Widow and Blacktail. Go on their websites and see what I mean.

You can find these brands on ebay

Hello, Nusensei. I have one question, is SF Archery from Win amd Win?

Bear paw?? Are threw good

Is INITECH 2 ARCHERY BOW a good bow

I haven’t seen too many people talking about the Genesis bows. I’ve used them a couple times at the range and I enjoy them and like they’re so versatile and can go up and down in weight which feels like a decent beginner/intermediate bow but does anyone have any input on this brand?

What about antropos from Amazon. I just bought two of their entry level bow m109/m120. I'm a total noob at archery, but I would like to have you're opinion. Sometimes there are hidden gems in some Chinese companies

So I have a question about archery in general, I just watched the movie War of the Arrows on Netflix and a big thing in that movie is that he can make the arrow's trajectory curve mid air I just wanted to know if that was possible. I'm just curious because it's a very interesting thing in that movie and would like to know if it would work or simply snap the bow string.

in my state we have a brand called Bear, its one of those kid ones and I really think they are a bit toyish, cause with all the real bows out there I think the bear brand is a bit cheap looking, most wholesale stores I see have ok quality like cabelas

Anybody heard anything of EK archery, most of there stuff is pretty cheap like a 100$ compound with a 29# draw, the stuff looks like the proper equipment, but I dont know that much...

Is EXE archery a good brand?

You didn't talk about Ragim. What's your opinion on them?

Is huntingbow.com fine/good for My first bow? Thinking about buying the Explorer 2.0 Deluxe package

Golden eagle super Hawk turbo with no drawstring :(

Is this just me, or is shrewd archery a good brand. I just want to know because I use the brand and think it is good.

Bearpaw/Bodnik?

The biggest hurdle to newcomers is & always be snobs or the elite. You see so many turn off newcomers so they can feel superior, and companies that forget starters. Need affordable starter kits so people can try & fall in love with activity. Any successful sport or activity know you need to have 1,000’s enter field to turn out 1-2 high caliber. Help get more people into the hobby.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Hoyt owned by Easton, Mission by Mathews, and Diamond by Bowtech?

PSE is definitely not mid-range, their target bows are right up there with Hoyt. a LOT of the world's top target shooters shoot PSE. More compound honourable mentions are Elite & Prime, who have some of the best bows out there, and are also shot by a lot of top shooters.

Quick question to Nu.. I’ve noticed you live in Melbourne, What archery stores do you recommend worth visiting?

be weary of bowtek my uncle had a couple and if you can find an older one you should be in good shape but the stuff they make now is bad

Does anyone know if the Samick sage limbs on ebay are authentic? Or is it counterfeit?

Which quality range would Oneida bows come in?

Even tho its a quite old video but just to clarify, i got deerseeker from ebay for $180 and the same bow is around $350 in stores … how come ebay is bad ? in the contrarily, NSW shops are mainly overpriced and ebay is quite a good option serving the bow is a service they get paid for it, regardless if they were a shop owners or someone comes to you house so its worth to get from ebay if recurved bow on ebay are cheaper Compound are a different story

how about jandao? should I consider them, or pass?

What about SF Velocity products? Aren't these top end?

I didn't find a existing video that talks about sweaty palm, do you have any suggestions or tips? Thank you!

start with sf

You are right. Well said. In the Philippines lots of beginning archers tend to buy Chinese knock off because of price, only to find out they got SCREWED.

Wat about elite company?

Hey NuSensei, what about buying second hand? I use a Yamaha α-ex that was gifted to me by my uncle. in an attempt to get some spare limbs i bought 2 secondhand bows which turned out to be a Hoyt pro-medalist and a Hoyt gold-medalist. On a related note, since all of these bows were apparently made pre-standardised limb fittings, none of their limbs fit the other risers and none of the risers fit current limbs. I got 2 sets of limbs for the Yamaha (36" and 38") and both Hoyts are 40" Do I stay on the lookout for possible replacement limbs (Yamaha hasn't made bows since '93 so they are becoming rather rare and I doubt I'd find any limbs fitting the old Hoyt bows) or switch to a new model bow if my limbs need replacement or I'm ready to move up in draw weight?

Can you (or anyone reading this) recommend a bow for a 7 year old, I have no idea how long she will be interested in archery but she's been with me lately while shooting and has shown a lot of interest.

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can i have your opinion on W&W inno max vs Hoyt GMX, which is better and why?

Who is a larger bow company Hoyt or Bowtech?

hi NUSensei im a new into archery and got 0 knowledge about brand is Kaimei good brand?. Sorry for bad grammar

Hi Nu where do you get your archery products in Victoria?

In fact, Hoyt technically isn't the giant of compound archery, I know Nusensei doesn't touch on compounds that much so I'll forgive him on that. Darton Archery is so giant, that virtually every other brand, including Hoyt pay Darton for their designs and patents on technology. So every "revolutionary technology" phrase they throw around with every brand that makes compounds besides Darton, isn't really "revolutionary" because Darton figured it out and patented it first.

Anyone have junxing, if u do, is it good?

Price doesn’t necessarily equate to quality.

I have an E-båge, Rolf Eklund who is from Sweden makes great bows.. *hint hint* ;)

Sensei, may I ask about jandao TZXL? I know it's chinese but it doesn't look too bad I think. Thanks in advance.

easton owns hoyt :P

Never get the starter kits. Even if it's a decent bow, everything else will be crap and you'll end up replacing it. There are plenty of used, brand-name items out there if you look.

Get serious get hoyt?

A little off topic, but how did you start to get into archery?

My world is Topoint, Sanlida, Kaimei, Ouliangjia & Junxing. Got me started in archery without having to sell my children.

You only mention Bear Archery for compounds, not for recurves or longbows? Really?

Hi. Love your channel. But: prizes aren't cheap, they are low. "Cheap prizes" are an ingredient a funny Norwegian joke involving chewing tobacco!

Spigarelli is known for their batshit insane designs, the italians looove their extremely weird and unconventional designs, they have nothing that is "normal" save from a chest guard and a sight hahaha

looks like Im too poor to be an archer, because I dont have the money to buy a "real" bow

I feel like people that archery club r kinda jerks some people act like that r better then switch make u feel like crap

first, sorry aha, had to