The limbs are also made in the US John. Love all the overseas bashers commenting on here using their phones, computers, and tablets made overseas. Also, unless you're shooting Easton arrows, your shafts were made in China. PSE is the only American made carbon bow. Most hunting clothes...sewn in China. Most of the crap in your house came from China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, or Indonesia. The steel in your car, recycled and bought from China. I can keep going...

Thanks for sharing your reviews and keep them coming please.

I got mine 2 weeks ago absolutely one of the best i got

Thank you so much for this review. I know you will catch crap for it but thank you.

Nice bow, good review. I know you hunt with Bowtech, hunt with this bow on a hunt. Thanks for the show and information. Michael Herrell

That bow is really fast, especially for the price. It's almost the same price as the Bear Alaskan XT. It would be cool to see someone do a head to head comparison. I used to buy a new bow every year (sometimes two) but now that I'm retired and on a fixed income, combined with the outrageous bow prices, budget bows are my only option.

Lusk, I think it would be helpful for you to show a basic field point performance at 100, 125, 150, 200 grain on your yearly test. This would allow us to see the ceiling, namely for penetration. 2nd idea: maybe spice It up with 100gr field point test with various weights of arrows or FOC I penetration and speed?

I own an X8 Dragon. For $200 it's great. Very smooth draw, stupid quiet. I don't feel any vibe with a lizard skin grip tape on it. Seems accurate with a whisker biscuit out to 40yards. Short compact, lightweight (4lbs bare). I compare it to a 2006 bear instinct for size, limbs etc. But I think it's a little smoother and quieter. Same speed as I didn't have to resite my pins. It's a great value for $200! It's almost absurd honestly.

I bought one tried it and liked it. The only issue was that at 32" Draw length it felt more like 31.25" . I also had trouble knowing if and when I had the draw stops in a good spot(probably because I've never had a Hybrid cam bow before). Like he mentions in the video about moving the draw stops to get a longer deeper valley, I tried that but it made the back wall feel like a two step situation where the mod would roll in to stop then you still needed to pull another 1/2 inch on both cams simultaneously untill the limb stops would hit.(and yes both cams were in time) I decided to return it after a few days messing with it. Sanlida didn't put up a fight and returned it like everything else on Amazon. I really like the bow but at a shorter DL max maybe 30 in. The fit and finish was great the paint and the machining on the cams looked better than my Mathews Atlas. I hope they make another model with a true 32in. DL maybe with a longer ATA in the future. Its definitely not "Chinese junk", you probably own something made by Sanlida or Topoint already and just never knew it.

great reviews! I wonder if you have seen the new Amazon 'Chinese' bow which is really inexpensive with great specs? It's the ZSHJGJR Compound Bow. I'm tempted to just buy it but would like to hear some reviews first. It comes with a boatload of accessories and 32.5" ata - 7.25" brace height - 35-70 draw weight. Keep the good videos coming!

Got the X8 for 200, changed the rest, arrows , release, and added a peep tube to keep the peep from twisting . That was around another 500. Accessories are expensive. I like it . Oh yeah also got noks the glow so I can see at 25 meters

People like to bash sanlida but there’s US companies that use Sanlida bows and call them they’re own the first that comes to mind is the xpedition apx it’s the sanlida velocity x10 same bow but with xpedition cams

I've had this bow for six months now and it's great, I also have hoyt invicta and Mathews TRX 36 and I have to say the dragon is not inferior to them in any way and its completely reinforced concrete wall is just something incredible

250+ fps with a shorter than average draw length 62 pound draw and a 500 grain arrow is very respectable. I’d love to see the speeds with 70ish pounds and 350 grain arrows.

I posted a similar comment on another review of this bow. I wish American bow companies would have a mid-range other than 'budget' or 'flagship'. We want a decent quality hunting bow that we can drag through the bush and grime, and up and down a tree stand.

This bow was tested on another channel out to 32" and IT actually met its IBO rating something NO OTHER flagship bow I've seen this year do.....and it was faster than advertised at 31+ He has killed deer with it.... I'm thinking about this bow with a good rest, sight and dual stabilizers ( how he had his setup) I'd bet it would shoot with any of these 3000 out the door ridiculous bows and actually be faster.... I am worried about how one would get cams shimmed and cam timing ect if needed to paper tune... There is NOTHING stopping your local bow shop from carrying this bow, THEY are chosing not to.....look at what bow shop owners drive and where they live ect..what their wives drive and you will understand quick why they push $1500 bare bows... Bear doesn't have anything remotely this fast near $500, the riser looks very Hoyt Alpha ish the cams definitely are hybrid Hoyt ish... Buying this bow in mass would literally bring the others back down to earth because it you don't think they aren't making serious margin? I can help ya.... Thank you sir for the honest and fair take...that other channel has draw force curves for it as well it's pretty linear before a slight adjustable dump I'm just stoked they make it in 31 plus...iirc at 31.5 he was zipping 450gr arrows well over 300fps... I'd really like to see one of these with apple to apple accessories in the hands of a PRO....it would scare the big company's to stop colluding notice they all raise their prices same time...

I shoot the sanlida Hero x10 target compound , a third of the price of a hoyt/pse flagship bow (I've shot them all) but, in my opinion, it's just as good

Bear Archery makes some nice entry level bows. Many come as a RTH (ready to hunt) package for a very affordable price.

@luskarcheryadventures have you shot those X10 arrows yet? I bought some but haven’t seen anyone that has reviewed or tested them yet.

Man when are you going to test the Mathews Slash Bowtech bow they are making. Mathews riser and bowtech Sr6 style cams?

I'm thinking this bow would be great as a fishing bow set-up.

The bow looks like a decent value. The actual velocity is very disapointing. Adding a hunting weight arrow, dropping the weight of pull to 62 and adjusting for your length of pull has dramatically reduced velocity from the claimed 340fps. Do they test velocity with a crazy light arrow? I have a 31 1/2' draw. About 20 yrs ago I was shooting a PSE Nova with hunting weight carbon arrows and 125gr broadheads at 225 fps with the bow set at 58lbs. Yes, it was an inexpensive bow. I added high quality sites, release, arrow rest, etc and was able to hit a quarter nearly every shot at 25 yrds and stay in the vitals at 60 yds. I look to new bows today with this in mind and the new bows dont impress me much

Which one would you say would be the best starter? 8 9 or 10?

This bow seems a lot like the Elites Kure. I wonder how they compare.

In India, it cost around 110000-120000 Rs depending on where we buy we convert it to US $ 1400+ is still very expensive

you think its too big for an 11 year old? i know everything is adjustable, 23"inch draw length and 45lb for my son and he's 4'9". Do you think the 33 axil to axil is too long? i need something in this range till he's strong enough to get my BowTech.

My hope is that this prompts American based companies to start making more affordable bows. We don’t need people turning to Amazon for their bows instead of there local bow shop.

Same price as the Bear Adapt THP bow from what I see.

Personally I would buy an American bow....even a 2 year old flagship model. Great review as usual John

May he with the American made smartphone/computer cast the first stone. lol That being said, I’m a fan of Bear archery for budget bows. I hunt with the whitetail legend pro. Got it for $500 at my local archery shop. Before that I had a G2 cruzer. Put a lot of meat in the freezer. Personally I like supporting American companies when they deserve it, and Bear is one of those companies in my opinion.

Where do u get them from

i think china was doing archery LONG before it was a thing in the USA.

Whats the better bow 9 or 10?

Woohoo ! First !

People need to get off their high horse. Yes buying American products is the way to go. Many of the same people that cry about this also shop at Walmart for chinesium stuff. Seriously, buy what you can that's made in the US but stop giving people shit for buying Chinese products, otherwise you all might as well throw your phones down the drain ( guess where those are made).

2024 Bear Alaskan XT for $529

Diamond Archery very Competitive !

This bow is a real homerun for Sanlida! If someone is no "Fanboy" of any american brand, well then here´s a killer bow to purchase. To be honest the top tier bowmanufacturers don´t provide any better bows! It doesn´t matter if the 6061 T6 Aluminum comes from USA, Germany or China...its always the same material! It doesen´t even matter from what factory the cnc machined riser commes from becaus the CNC machines are alle the same, even theyr software! ...or are they US made CNC machines or German CNC Machines. Also the Asians are very deep in archery, they are great shooters and they love this kinda sport, so they know how a bow should be constructed. Don´t be so fool and think asians don´t know a shit about archery, Bows, Quality and manufacturing or business. So, the question is, why spending 1400 $ on a US made (naked) Bow, if one can get an awesome bow for a third of this pricetag? Even though you could afford to spend 1400 $ you´d be an idiot, because the guy who buys the Dragon 10 can now buy high end accessories and shoots you out of the water!

Just ordered this thanks john done paying 1k plus to bow companies in the usa that tell lies about bow speeds

That would work out to 350fps IBO......DANG!!!!

Some of these American Bow companies actually should subcontract to makers like this in order to offer people an alternative to higher end flagship type bows.

Too bad they don't make any left handed bow

There are several American bow companies that offer entry level bows at that price range. I would say many of them are better bows than this overseas mail order bow.

Hoyt copy

Thats fast. 27" , 500 gr . Fast.