And that's why I won't buy a Mathews Lyft. I can afford it. That's not the issue. But deep down I resent having to spend up to $3.000 for a bow set up. Frankly I just resent this. I recognize that machining, material and labor costs have gone up. But $259.00 for an arrow rest, $250.00 plus for a quiver. These prices are absurd and I feel that they are detrimental to archery as a whole. Yes, other manufacturers are pricey too but not to the degree that Mathews is. They are in a league all their own. I will say one thing to their credit. They make a great bow. I shot the 33 and it was fantastic.

That's nuts... 2500+ dollars and he didn't even put high end accessories on it. Craziness.

Thank god I only buy a new bow every 30 years. I purchased a discontinued new in the box 2017 Mathew’s No Cam in 2018 for $500.00, new drop away rest out the door $575.00

As a cnc machinist the lift is a thing of beauty

The best way that I’ve found to get a flagship bow is to buy a last year‘s flagship bow (used) if it was a flagship bow last year it’s still a fantastic bow this year

Very cool video. Im buying one next week. Ive got $2,100 set aside for it. I should expect to spend a few hundred dollars more. Thanks for the heads up 🤘🤘🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥

Outside of the incremental $80 for the Mathew’s Lift compared to other flagships, incremental $40 for the Mathew’s quiver, these are all the costs that would be incurred for accessories and any other flagship bow you purchase fully new. Not a surprise to me but looks like a lot of people are shocked. Good total cost review.

Just crazy...i can take my whole family on one hell of a vacation for that! Good video bud!!! Its nice to see someone do this!

Nice shop, really good tune…👊🏻🏹

Awesome video!! New archer here… I personally went to get the Lyft Matthews and when I was just about to get it and I started asking about the Matthew accessories and the cost of it It came out to just shy of 3K. My second option was the Hoyt VTM 31, I walked out the door with the bow, all Hoyt accessories including a landslide and it came out to 1710$. I’m super happy with the purchase and the help that I got from my archery store ( thank you to arrowhead in Tampa for the honesty) and I truly wanted the lift but I couldn’t see myself paying an extra $1300. Again awesome vid..

Remember folks, It's not so much that everything is getting more expensive. It's that the value of your hard earned dollar is tanking. You can thank the Fed for all the $ printing over the years. QE to infinity.

Great video thanks for sharing

Over 3 with all the top mathews accessories.

Yep they priced me right out of a bow good thing there’s more options to look at

Got almost same set up last November first day out .buy the extras first over year then the bow. Worked out better for me and happen to get lift stead of phase 4

I browse and window-shop at my archery shop now and again. It has come to the point to where I just can't accept the prices I see. I have had my primary compound for 15 years now and it shoots like the day I bought it. Had it restrung a few times but that's it. For the price I paid for it back then (bow, arrows, and all accessories) it equals the cost of just the sight and rest you have in this video. I'm sure there have been advances in technology since then, but I have shot some of the new flagship bows and the only appreciable difference I can really discern from mine is the weight.

I paid that for my phase 4 and got all Mathews accessories, all bridgelock stabs, low pro detach quiver, Mathews branded integrated QAD rest. Only exception was for my sight. I am running my dovetail Fast Eddie that I had laying around.

The only new Mathews I bought was the MQ32. I got a Q2 used off my brother and an HTR from eBay, which I'm using now. Next will probably be a V3 in a year or two.

I just upgraded from a v3x to a lift. I had all my accessories moved over and it was $1320.

After searching for a lift 33 I found one in the finish I wanted, fade to black earth. It was fitted with an Hamskea Epsilon rest and UV Slider sight grand total was $2500. The only problem I had was to sneak it in the house...

I spent around 3 with Mathew’s accessories and new site

Solid setup, loved the video, sub'd

I gave up shooting Mathews newer bows because of how heavy they got, from the monster on. Started shooting the older lighter bows. Heaviest bow I shoot now is my Switchback. Maybe a Lift 33" would be more to my liking. I'll wait a couple years though. Mathews is great at having parts for all the bow models they have made. New prices are crazy.

Mathews can keep it

Congrats on your bow. I am presently building my Lift 33 and know how your feeling. I'm not completely done yet but will post once I do with the parts and cost of my build to see how close I am to yours. Great hunting and be safe.

The specs for my current 2013 flagship bow are 35" ATA, 6.25" brace height, 340 fps, & 4.5 pounds. If I were to replace it with the same brand 2024 flagship bow, the specs would be 34" ATA, 6.25" brace height, 342 fps, & 4.5 pounds. Spec-wise bows haven't changed much in the past 10+ years. I don't have any intention of replacing my $899 flagship bow in my lifetime. It has a rock solid back wall, stays in tune extremely well, is quiet at the shoot, and is very consistent/accurate. Today's bows look fat & overweight to me. It's cheaper if I keep telling myself that, too! 😃

It's nice that you opted to not use the Mathews stabilizers. While they are beautiful they are not required. Alot of people seem to think you have to use bridgelock stabilizers with the new Mathews. I bought a bare Lift 33 and transferred over my Hamskea Trinity rest, stabilizers and fast eddie XL sight (which works in the dovetail in the riser). The only additional cost for me was the quiver because I got rid of mine when I traded in my Hoyt. I did buy the limb legs because it's so convenient

Honestly, thats not to bad!

looks like chill cams are back

Suprised that shooting trough the elite paper with a Mathews bow!🎯🤣🤣🤟✌️👊👍👌♥️

For hunting I have never used a stabilizer. Trophy ridge Hotwire sights $140. Limbsaver quiet quiver $70 5 for a peep and I am good oh n I just removed my last forever noisy drop away rest n put on a WB n cannot tell any difference in accuracy

Kansas Archery. Manhattan Kansas. Bought my Bowtech from him.

Subbed for a fellow Kansan

I got the Mach 30…total cost was 3k

One other thing that could save you money is take the stuff off old bow put on new bow.

Still using the visions debit card.... Nice.

It’s all subjective. As long as the individual is happy and can afford the cost it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. Great looking setup though. That initial shock of the price if your new to archery will get you off your not made of money. 😂

just seems like you could pull the gear off your old bow. i got a v3x with real nice shit on it, when i get a lift, i'll just move all my real nice shit over

Might as well buy a top of the line crossbow for the same price that shoots 100 fps faster and you can use it all archery season in Kansas!

The most insane cost is nearly 300 for quiver that can't costs them more than 30 to make hehe.... The bow is innovative i can see 900 for it.... Looks like a Dragon 10 for me with good accessories ill swap to one of these in 2 or 3 years if im alive..m

In 2023 July I bought a Hoyt Torrex, first ever bow $700. Couldn't see a multi pin sight so paid $350 for a single pin sight, needed arrows which were 200 per dozen, (now pay half at Bass Pro per dozen, same arrow) needed a case and bought that on amazon for $175 standard QAD rest, cheap front weight bar and I spent over 2000k when it was all said and done. Needed a release, i am on my third one because you never pick the right one if you've never done this before. Bought a cheap deer practice target, then bought another box target.... this is like golf or fishing its keep adding and changing etc. The set up you got seems standard to me, the question is how long will you have this set up. Many people chase the what's new. Levi Morgan just bought a 15 year old bow, and went out and killed a deer. There will always be newer and better, get a good set up and shoot it for a few years. I dont' have the best set up in the world, but I have the set up that I can afford and it will kill any deer if the shot is on target and that by the way is up to the shooter.

If you think that price is ridiculous I just priced Tenpoint’s 515 crossbow $4600 that’s insane

My new Hoyt only cost $1,918.82 with all their branded accessories. I already had a sight. Mathews is too high. I got the integrate non-branded QAD.

I wish that was what my Lift cost. My full Lift 29.5 setup (without the cost of the peep, nose button and some other small odds and ends) came out to $4,137 😅. But I did go with top of the line for everything, including the Mathews bridge lock stabilizers for the front and rear as well as the UV Slider sight. I think its safe to say i'm never buying another bow for as long as I live haha.

My LIFT with all Matthews stuff including 2 ( with v bar) stabilizers, 5 pin site, and ultra view button trigger about $3475 USD. With a few arrows and a case $3790.88 USD with taxes.

Hope you keep it for a lifetime

Got a Lift 33, with all the Mathew’s accessories. Front bar and back bar. Came out to $3200

Key is don't cheap out on the accessories, you can switch almost all of them from bow to bow. Buy once, cry once (for a little while anyways).

Hahaha, I'm in Ontario, and just built out a hoyt alpha x with all very high end components.. 3600$ .. Americans have nothing to complain about.......

That bow price is a few $100 high isn’t it?

Did he end up giving you a discount ?

Mine was 3 k

I have a hoyt alpha x 30 and all together I paid 1600

$750.00 before you even get to the bow😂.

Ever see a credit card smoke??

Couldn’t justify the bridge lock stabilizer but spent an extra hundred on a quiver?

Is it a 29.5 or 33 just curious how much he over charged you. The lift is 1229$ for 29.5 or 1329$ for 33. You went and did a complete bow build and gave him free advertising and he flipping up charges you lol. I understand everyone's got to make money to stay in business but that's why mathews sales them to him for less than the msrp price. Anyways dope build and nice set up good luck next season

Still cheaper than the RX-8, with Hoyt parts

The Lift in Canada is $1900, your easy $3000 with cheap accessories on it Put the best stuff on the bow, and your $5000

I paid 1399 for my lift...

Jesus christ! You're getting took to the cleaners on the price! $269 for a qad rest???😮

Idk why everyone is dick ridding Matthews so hard with these price points when there soooo many other great bows on the market. I just won a 3D tournament against a bunch of guys with similar builds, I’d doesn’t make you a better shooter putting $2500-$3000 into a bow. Buy a Darton save some money

I spent $3400 CAD, LIFT 33, SCS kit that they didn't give me the rope, Earth colour, 10" Mathews Stabilizer, QAD integrated rest, Peep, and Spott Hogg Fast Eddie 3 pin. 🙄

whats crazy is I just had one come into my shop because he couldnt tune it....Mathews installed mis-matching shim sets in the bow...from the factory.... paying almost 2k for a bow that isnt even assembled properly and chrono's bout 80fps slower than the factory IBO rating. Ive got 8 year old Elite's that perform better. people need to stop buying based on a brand name, mathews preys on the gullible

Whats sad is people like urself will just keep driving the price up. The amount of people going into shops and putting a down payment on a bow they havent even HELD is insane. I guess this is what happens when you spend x10 the amount on advertising. Props to mathews for creating a company like this, but holy crap... if i spend 2500 bucks on a bow its going to automatically "feel better".

Little bit overpriced cost lots of markup going on

Fck THAT, please tell me he gave you those discounts he said he could and it was closer to 2k...

If you're thinking about getting into archery hunting take some free advice: Don't watch KZfaq "influencers" and think you have to mimic them concerning gear. Many are sponsored in some way so they get some gear for free. You're better off learning land navigation skills, scouting an area to hunt, learning how to be extremely quiet, learning how to read the wind, and practice shooting a lot. I'm not saying this guy is sponsored and I'm not saying it's wrong to spend that kind of money. I'm just saying you don't have to and there's way more to archery hunting than a Mathews Lift and all the Sitka clothes.

Any of you spending over $1000 total on a bow are fools. My used $250 Creed with $25 sight can do the same thing as these expensive new bows.You aint killing nothing outside of 50 yards people. I enjoy seeing people get ripped off though.

This is the cost of a lot of new bows… pretending like the high price is exclusive to Mathews is weird…

I spent $3400 CAD, LIFT 33, SCS kit that they didn't give me the rope, Earth colour, 10" Mathews Stabilizer, QAD integrated rest, Peep, and Spott Hogg Fast Eddie 3 pin. 🙄