Need to do this at a target wall. By the time you get aimed at the target you have forgot what the draw was like 😂

Even without a blindfold James called the Elite a Darton 😂. On the first one he handed Josh lol

This legitimately demystified the bow purchasing process... people are mostly basing their feel on their bias and whatever they hear from a shop / reviews. Very interesting experiment that should be explored more

Not a waste of time awesome information as always you guys. Very awesome to see how close they all feel when taking bias out of it. Thanks again MFJJ and Bow disciples you guys are making a difference.

You should do a trial blindfolded but have a few duplicate bows as well. You might end up eliminating one while keeping the other.

The 1st one seems to be Elite, not Darton

Very fun to watch keep doing experiments like this!

Yes. More. Tat was very informative. Thanks.

Great cooperation and a test worth having in mind when shopping for a new bow. Many thanks guys!

I think this was a great idea and a great video. Look forward to more of them

The matthews was a dead give away being the only drop away rest. Love the videos!

Great series of videos, I would definitely be interested in more like this.

Great content as always. You do a great job of eliminating bias in your videos anyway but this really shows how much preconceived notions everyone has. Keep it up. Enjoy learning from what you do!!

One of the best and funniest vid you make Its unbelieve how hard is to feel a bow when the grip is gone And how similar are all bows nowadays A really nice test👍👍

Great vid!. This is how I been wantin to test for a couple years now!.

Absolutely outstanding test

This is an incredible piece of experimentation, it really goes to show how much advertising, reviews and preconceptual bias to a manufacturer can play a huge part in how you perceive a bow. Very interesting.

Iconic test

I very much like this kind of test! I think doing a letdown on each bow and then shooting can separate the bows more. I also agree with someone's previous comment about shooting at a target wall as well.

Awesome, and eye opening.

This is EXCELLENT. I want to go to my local shop and try this as the shooter. I haven’t shot any of the flagship bows in the past couple of years. I think it would be great. They’d go for it to this time of year not being very busy if I was planning to buy one.

Great video idea

This tells me that all of these flagships bows are ALL good!!

I think next time while doing this test, you should hook the the release to the string first. Then hand the release to the bow to the shooter, release hand before bow hand. Love the content as always.

This amazing Dan and Tim next!!!

Very interesting video. Does a great job of eliminating bias based on brand by the draw cycle & shot. The only downside is when selecting a bow the grip & vibration can be important but the grip can give it away. Rather than a glove I wonder how it would go if you removed the grips & used tape or a wrap instead.

You should judge draw cycle right after draw, then balance while holding, then shot after the shot, then guess maker after handing bow away.

I love this. I would love to see you guys shoot and rate one round then guess brand on a second round.

Do more things like this lol very entertaining and stats are interesting

Yeah this will be a major part of how I choose my next bow if my local shop will allow it.

Oh this is gonna catch on like wild fire 🔥

Great test

If you could buy a universal grip and put on each bow so you could feel vibration but wouldn't be able to tell what bow it was due to a specific grip design then that would be interesting. Like if you could slap the ultraview grip on every bow then you could test vibration and draw cycle without giving away what bow it is right off the bat

Cool test

Very interesting for sure.

Great video

This tells the truth. From someone that shoots them alot and he can't tell. In my experience I know certain grips I have problems with shooting left.

Very fun videos and I think you should do the video elimination and see what you end up with in the end

poor Pooh Bear. She may never recover 😆 Awesome content on this one lady & gents

I like the thought of doing all the bows till you're left with one. You could do the test like an eye doctor. Shoot 2 bows and keep the better of the 2 until your left with the best feeling bow.

Yea, do more of these. I thought you would get more right than James. Hey, but what do I know? Anyway, it was very interesting.

I would say use a rubber like dishwasher glove so you can feel the vibration better and you would be on what feels the best with out biases

So fun to watch.

Another surprising factor is the weight. The carbon bows weren't distinguishable based on this. Granted, I dont know what those bows weigh compared to the aluminum risers but based on the material and the purpose of a carbon bow, I would only assume that they SHOULD be lighter...

Its interesting, confirms they all build nice bows and it comes down to brand bias as well as what the shooter likes. I would be interested to see him shoot like 5 years of flagships from each manufacturer together in a similar manner. I dont think you could tell a difference. Bow industry does a great job at marketing and making you want the latest and greatest.

I would like to see this..testing Carbon VS Aluminum bows.

Don't forget James to tap dem jewels too🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

I think you need to do this with the bows set up but make sure you use the sight mounts the bows are made to use so a Pic mount or bridgelock and see if it changed the feel of the bow

This shows that there are no real bad choices. One thing that would be interesting would be a group test at like 50 yards. Get everyone to try so you have a few different shooters. 3 shots isn’t really enough though unless you’re using a hooter shooter

Darton twice ? Was the first bow really the elite ?

Thanks 👍

Love it guys more people to do it and an elimination.. get all the guys in the shop to do it

I'd like to see this done for a newer shooter/buyer. Like here's a lineup, at x price point, blindfolded but no glove so they can feel what the risers doing... Elimination style, when you're done this is more or less the bow you like.

Put a sandbag or heavy board on the ground that you put you toes against. That way you're standing relatively the same each shot.

This how im going to buy my next bow.

Love it!!!

Just one thing being able to see which ones you got right an how you ranked them a bit better but these are awesome videos

Entertaining. I'm gonna watch the recent videos from MFJJ, Bow Disciples, Tim Connor and Elk Shape rather the presidential debate!

that first bow did not look lke a Darton bow.Great vid.

I think it was cool. It's definitely entertaining and informational at the same time. Informative I guess

I think a great idea would be to make a custom handle that can be moved to every bow. So that you have the same handle at the same angle. So that you can feel the vibrations. And the handle itself wouldn’t give the bow away. Since they all have the same exact handle.

I think this was a cool test. The next time I buy a bow I think I will test it blindfolded to eliminate the name bias.

This is great I dig the elimination idea

Ya should have put a piece of aluminum in front of the target on the last shot and told him he shot his fridge….great content BTW.

Sounds like a mini series...who's next? Tim C. maybe for starters.

This is awesome

Very interested I like these videos

Maybe some tennis racket tape on the grip to hide the grip some but not vibration

Personally, i'd like to see you attempt Falconry afterwards......... or welding.

Would it be possible to have the same handle on all bows, so that the glove isn't necessary. That way it would perhaps be possible to get a better feel of the vibration on the different bows. Also I like the idea of doing this at a target wall to eliminate the time between drawing and aiming. In any case, thanks for doing this. Very valuable indeed. Keep it up guys!

He got the elite right !! Dude handing the bows didn’t know what the bows were lol

It’s worth subscribing just for this video) In my opinion, guessing a bow model makes the assessment more biased, holding several models in your hands often won’t be enough gloves, so as not to recognize your favorite model, you need to use last year’s models, for example. I think the strength of such a test combined with the archer’s experience makes it as objective as possible, excluding marketing and personal bias. When checking the effect of medications, some patients may receive regular sugar in place of the expected pill, and neither he nor the creator of the medicine knows what and who received it, in order to eliminate bias in the assessment.

Let's go! 🏹

great vid. why was the audio so biazarre though?

How many Keystones were involved lol. But great video

The only thing they agreed on… Bear is the worst 😂

Looks like the PSI was pretty high also but not mentioned

Josh good video without the grip feel makes the blindfold test more difficult. You made fun of James . But now you see what he tried to feel . But honestly I speak from my own personal experience. I never seen anything like that before. Good job guys.

It would have been nice if we would have seen the name of bow you shot so we would know if you got it right and what you thought it was.

Target wall or closer to target next time. Too much time between draw and shot is likely why every score is so similar. Probably also too worried about shooting that nice fridge rather than concentrating on the bow, lol.

I think you'll see much more difference in target bows. Hunting bows all draw pretty similar target is a different animal.

If there was a way to make the grips on all the bows the same with some kind of 3d printed clip on grips then you'd be able to feel vibration.

So choose your ATA (if you need a specific ATA), then do this blindfolded glove test with a selection of bows...then find out if the grip on your top pick feels good i guess???

You should mix in some mid priced bows and see if he can tell you

Hold on! VAR call. The first one was a Darton and the second to last also a Darton?

You have 2 dartons was one a elite? if you look at the first bow shot and the 7th

While it’s entertaining to watch yall guess the brand, I think strictly giving it a rating would completely eliminate the bias. But this series has hugely affected how I’ll be approaching how I buy a bow in the hopefully near future.

This really shows how people have favortism. If you see it and feel it, your brain says yes or no lol

First bow was Elite, not Darton

Good video, but when I walk into my pro shop, it's either Mathews or Hoyt. All other bow brands don't really interest me too much. This year I think Mathews killed it. I will say, however, that PSE carbon bow is pretty sweet.

I think you should do 3 shots not just one

Why was there 2 dartons on the list and not an elite for bows , not guesses.. ??

Hilarious! Looks like fitting and selecting a bow should be evaluated and revamped, the grip should be evaluated based off of a sight style level. Ie. close your eyes draw and anchor then open your eyes to see what the level shows, if your having to correct your level all the time you’re never going to achieve your best especially at farther distances.

How did you not mess up your doo

First bow was the elite not the darton

I believe the first shot bow was an elite. Not a darton

I think it’d be worth putting a few layers of tennis tape to eliminate grip bias but also take away the welding glove. That could allow the feel of vibration but not give it away with grip.

Matthew’s was the only one with a drop away rest just saying

Interesting

A bad tradesmen blames the tool