Nice shirt!!!

Great straight forward review like/subscribed. No music no big intro etc. . I'm a treestand hunter and FOB fan.

I remember when the first compound bows started showing up at my range, people didn’t like the way they looked, or how they felt, people said they didn’t work? and they were called a gimmick and a fad that wouldn’t last,,,,that was about 50yrs ago give or take. Once again you’ve gone above and beyond, another excellent review.

Bummed I just bought 3 packs recently or I'd grab some with your code. Been using them for about 7 years and this has been the most accurate review I've seen. The other pro that is big for me is that they make traveling easier. You can make your shafts super compact in a tube, and you don't have to worry about vanes getting bent en route. I fly to most of my hunting sites and this is a big plus for me

I add 3m (9ft) of thin neon coloured builders twine, figure 8 knotted behind the hole of threaded insert at business end then inserted and packed inside arrow and then at other end pinched between FOB and nock. That makes it so when FOB pops off there is a bright thread going directly to grounded or bushed arrow. Some times animal will take arrow with them, for a few short steps, into underbrush and you then have a great indicator threaded through their body. This is especially good with dusk/dawn hunting allong with a black light torch to make the neon FOB, nock and twine glow remarkably in the bush (along with the scorpions funnily). One just needs to make the weight/length exactly the same for each arrow and sight in bow with target arrows set up exactly the same.

I've been using FOBs for years, really like them for hunting. Great video again - thanks!

Another great video, please keep them coming. You, THP, Whitetail Instinct, and Catman Outdoors are all producing excellent, entertaining videos! You all are the changing hunting videos for the better.

The idea that my arrow might be even a little harder for me to find seems like a deal breaker. Finding your arrow is such a crucial part of tracking your deer, and the benefits i don't think outweigh that drawback. In the NE Big woods I'm not shooting outside of 30 yards, so i don't know if the wind drift benefit would be worth it. great video, awesome breakdown, very informative.

FOB's age the best thing that has ever hit the archery world. But here is a helpful tip for ya. Rotate the FOB so is ISN'T in line with the broadhead. Think of it like this. You want your vanes (or FOB) to have drag to help stir the arrow. If the FOB is in line with the broadhead, the air stream is disturbed and it cannot have the adequate drag that it needs to obtain better arrow flight. Try this, you'll see a big difference. Great video btw

Cool vid. I shot FOBS for a few years just because I didn't have the equipment and knowledge of fletching. I did shoot a doe at ground level while walking to my stand and it did just what you said...passed thru, arrow went to who knows where, and the FOB popped off flying some 15 ft away. Never found the deer and never shoot em again. Right now I've learned to fletch and tinkered with different sketches. Settled on 4 fletch target vanes like yours with extreme helical. My arrows fly way better than FOBs ever did.

I've used and loved the fobs. I've never had a better flight out to 90yrds but if you like to shoot grouse in the grass or elk in the brush, it doesn't take much to deflect the arrow.

Just to throw in a real world example of the performance of these. In 2009 i shot a bull elk at 18 yds with my FOB Goldtip Hunter XT arrow. I got a pass through , the FOB dropped right to where he was standing and the arrow went another 10 yds. I was shooting a SLick Trick 100 grain 3 blade, bow was a 2007 Hoyt Vulcan ,27" DL at 65 lbs. The elk went 60 yds and dropped : )

Not for me or my preferred whisker biscuit but what a solid review👍 Anxious to see the part 2 of the Dakota's bloodtrail.

They do seem interesting. I am shocked by the lack of noise difference. Seem like a neat product but too many cons out weight the pros. Thanks for the detailed review.

You should do that sound research with smartereveryday! His channel does this type of research all the time just not with arrows.

FOBS work great with any broadhead. They are so stable in a strong crosswind.

Great information! I'm looking forward to the sound comparison video.

I converted to FOBs about five years ago. No plan to go back any time soon. More stable in flight. Quicker to stabilize. Vastly superior in any kind of cross wind. Regarding sound.....methinks one's bow and string noises are more significant sources about which to be concerned. Made my own nock lights that are superior to what is commercially available. Light stays with the arrow and has enabled me to recover the arrow, AND the FOB + nock post-shot, even after pass-through shots. FOBs are much less expensive than an arrow with an attached broadhead. If I'm going to lose something, I'd rather lose a FOB.

I been at one point addicted to them - they are great for stabilizing a big COC broadhead on, what I now consider, to weak spined arrow. They make a big bend Zwickey Delta fly on a 340 Easton out of my 75lbs compound for 40 yards with fieldpoints. I stopped because they are bridle and this got worse with the age of them back then. This and the price increase as ban in 3D killed them for me. But I keep some still.

Excellent video. Learned a lot. Gonna give fob a try. Thanks.

The sound is not as loud in front of the arrow rather than behind due to the Doppler effect. It will be louder behind the moving object rather than in front. That is why it seems louder from where you are shooting. The camera seems to pick up the same audio because bit effectively is the same audio.

Tried them and went back to blazers. EZ mini , loctite control gel make a Fletch job super fast.

I love my fobs! I have 2 bows with 2 different arrow setups but BOTH are rocking FOBS!!🤘😎🔥 LOVE SHOOTING A FOBINHOOD!!

I saw these years ago, but they don't seem to work with my whisker biscuit :)

I personally did not like a couple of things. First they look odd to me, second they pop off a lot when target shooting, third they seem like they have a whistle to me when I shoot. I will say they are accurate but for me I still choose to shoot feathers for all my bows. I really appreciate your channel and all the hard work you put into it. I would love to see you and your wife make video's together.

They are interesting but I love my custom dipped and crested arrows to much. But I like your idea of having a few on hand for quick testing reasons.

This is a great channel. Thanks for putting in the work.

Whew that dloop does look sketchy! Great content as always. Good luck in North Dakota!

I've seen some people mod them to add string inside the arrow that gets pulled out when the FOB comes off. Could make this a really lite neon tape or something to help track the shaft

so comprehensive. Really good review

I shoot the exact same bow as in the video with H knocks and a fairly short D-loop and I'm not getting any string pinch.

Sound: You will have a different sound with different variables -- wind, humidity, etc with any fetching. However I am curious how FOB would sound in a headwind. Keep in mind that the speed of sound is roughly 1125 ft/s. Within 20 yards the bow/arrow release sound will be a bigger factor. Now when guys are shooting long distance, there is where the arrow sound is a factor. Wind drift. I would like to see them in a tunnel in a Bernoulli test and see the that difference. Pass troughs. I shoot fusion vanes and have found them to be fast and accurate. The last two deer have been pass throughs. For me it is awful difficult to find a deer without a lighted nock. If the woods in the fall with rain or wet dew; you have go leaves that are black, red, brown, and dark shades that make up the forest floor. I would not be keen to shoot FOB, if I lose the FOB/nock on a pass through. I would like to see them shot by competitive target archers and get an opinion from them. Overall a great idea and I would pack them because the ease of use.

i use fobs ,some nocks are too small [ day 6] fobs fit them but wont hold on.

You did a very good video as I have just watched 3 others, my question is; will these things work with a Whisker Biscuit? Many thanks.

These work great in my whisker biscuit! Haha.

Just ends up being more expensive in the long run. How close can you stack your arrows? If you choose the one with the ring you’d be breaking them every other shot.

I order a pack of fob, it is similar to what you guys have but mine, the center where the end of knox are smaller arrow knox

Throwing a bunch of these in your pack in case you loose a vane out in the field is a great idea too.

From what I saw in the video the fob's are more visible from the deers perspective. I would think more deer ducking the string at ranges of 30 yards or more. I personally have never arrowed a deer over 15 yards but I'll still have to pass on the fob's just based on their looks, don't like the look of them one tiny bit makes me think more along the lines of a bowfishing arrow over a hunting arrow.

I use glory knocks and thier real short, but I love um! May not be able to use these

Been wanting to try these forever just never pulled the trigger

I'm assuming it wouldn't pass through a whisker biscuit?

Im wondering if a .244 diameter shaft with a uni bushing and a G nock if the FOB would pass over the nock?

Even with my eastern fmj arrow with smallest diameter still wouldn't fit the end of my knot, unless starrfright fob or ebay sent me a wrong ones

Great video!

You are a tinkerer 😜 Good review 👍

Nice video thanks

I’m kind of curious to see how well these work for the shorter axle to axle bows like the Matthew Triax

Can you slide them a little forward on the arrow shaft to eliminate string pitch or face pressure?

Are your other vanes the Q2i ones??? I love these!

Do you have a video on installation of lighted nocks? The nocks I bought fit too loose in the arrow shaft and I was wondering if you knew how to fix this.

How do you use fobs with a containment arrow rest or whisker biscuit?

Why wouldn't it just pop off over the knock and the knock stay on

Have you done a review on breadcrum Bluetooth knocks ?

Will FOBs work with H-nocks?

Can you paper tune with a FOB?

FOB is a litle bit faster

Where did you buy them from?

I'd recognize that Elm Creek archery range any day

What drop away rest do you use?

No one uses these for a reason

Just shoot vanes. There is no advantage, whatsoever, of using these things. 👍

Them things are heavy!

I just think they look ugly