My general rule of thumb for any skill I want to learn is to start with decent enough equipment that I'd feel bad for throwing away if I rage quit, and train with that until I'm good enough to recognize where it's deficient. Then I look at upgrading.

My take for Traditional Archery.....the lower-end arrows work just fine. Without sights human error will have a much larger impact on accuracy than arrow quality.

Great to see you back Nu

Nothing better than a teacher talking archery. No stone left unturned.

Just got back into archery after a long break! Perfect time for your return! Welcome back Nu!

Great video, as a newbie to archery I was thinking about this the other day. Welcome back.

Thank you very much for your honest, down to earth advice. There are people out there who always feel they have to have the most expensive equipment and look down on those who don't have money to throw away. Most of them also tend to not be as experienced as they claim to be..

Another great video Nu and sensible advice. I just bought a dozen carbon arrows and they are awesome however I have spent the last six months working on technique and destroying cheapies in the process. Good for the first couple of practice shots too.

Great to see you back... Look forward to seeing more content

I really enjoy listening to you talk man, idk why just something about it Ive been listening to you talk about archery all day at work for the last week it's been great.

DO 👏 NOT 👏 BUY 👏 FIBERGLASS 👏 ARROWS 👏! Unless you want very expensive surgery. Thank you for the video David! Very helpful.

My cat got crazy about you moving arrows on my tv. He is a big fan.

Watching a NuSensei video and a new NuSensei video has been uploaded....Good timing. Glad you uploading more, was getting worried about you and missing the content. Stay safe Nu.

That's really good advice that I'm certain the arrow companies don't want anyone to hear. By the way, I really admire your consistency of form during the speed shooting portion of this video. Well done, sir! I'd be really interested to find out how you go about training for it.

So good to see you back Nu. I hope AU is bouncing back from Civic and you are doing well. $50 PER arrow, yikes. Give me some cheap $50 / dozen and I may be able hit a target bale.

Great videos man, new subscriber here from New Zealand

Excellent content and great to see you again! Any chance of a similar video on different types and sizes of fletching? I’d love to know the pros & cons of feathers, vanes, etc. And the different lengths of fletching... how does it affect your shot? Edit: found a short video that answers some of these questions 👍

NU is back! I go cheap for arrows since I also do 3D and go though alot of them.

This came up in my Google news feed. Thank you for the info, as it confirmed my suspicions. And makes me feel better about firing my dirt cheap brand-swapped import arrows.

I use gold tips. And don't mind getting them beat-up. Welcome back Sensei

I am totally with you! When I have started archery, I bought 24 Easton ACG arrows. These shafts are fine, but they didn’t teach me to shoot better! 😉 Nowadays I use good quality arrows from a local company and I don’t care about the extreme precision. My long term goal is to throw every arrow to the target with style, no matter which arrow or which bow. This goal needs lots of practice, but it’s fun! 😁🏹

You couldn’t be clearer. Excellent explanation. Thanks and cheers from Adelaide

Very True.. NU...you explained very nicely that is technically and logically 👍👍👍👍

Thks for shirt out . Its a good shirt choice . Since arrows used in pole archery are chosen to fit purpose and the archer . Shooting at wood "birds" mounted on a metal pole means risk of breaking arrows is pretty high . So choices are made, compromises Accepted . Then arrows are let loose with smiles . Cheers nu .

I'm a fan of the Skylon carbon target arrows. Perform very well for the price and there's enough range to suit everyone's need. I bought the Radius .166" inner diameter arrows for myself & my daughter as upgrades to our original arrows that had come with our recurve kits. I've recently purchased some more Skylon's but the Paragons this time as they are .125" arrow for shooting longer distances as I'm now moving out to 50M pretty regularly. One of the top shooters in our club prefers his Paragon's over Easton ACE's.

Good advise, as aways! Thanks for sharing. Keep well

You’re back! ^-^

Been shooting a few years now and can confirm this advice. Best decision I made was to get basic equipment to start with, including a batch of 24 cheap, aluminium arrows which I used to practice and learn the basics of arrow maintenance. Lost nearly half of them due to breakages over the first year and a half but got to a point where the arrows had all been repaired and repaired and my groupings were getting decent but not great so I stumped up the money for a dozen x10s. First round I knew I'd made the right choice because the difference in groupings were noticeable and have used them since to keep improving on those groupings. I did have an issue where the target in my club had degraded, the arrow didn't stick and hung down and someone else, shooting the same target, hit my shaft and snapped one. At £12 an arrow I felt that! Have upgraded every aspect of my equipment since I started except my tab and arm guard and my groupings are the best they've ever been, but only after getting to a point where I wanted to see if an upgrade would improve my groupings or if I needed to work on my technique. Technique, consistency, concentration and self awareness are more important than the equipment in my opinion. Shot the bows of many other members in the club and can hit pretty well with any arrow or bow, after a few practice shots which came only after years of honing the technique.

I just ordered my first bow. It's a beginner wooden recurve on the same level as SF Optimo Plus or Samick Sage. It's affordable but still I am 15 yo and I am spending the last of my savings on archery stuff. Wich means that I decided to go with the cheap cheap versions of arrows, quiver, target and glove. So basically I ordered 6 arrows who are $2 each. And I don't feel sorry. I'm into archery for the fun of the hobby. When I regain most of my money and if I get better with time and practice, I would probably buy $10 arrows if I want. Later maybe I can even reach $50. For now, since I am shooting in the backyard at about 10 to 20 meters distance as a beginner, I am perfectly fine with what I have. Plus the fact that I do not intend to compete or go all way to a professional archer. I want just to shoot as a hobby. Your videos help me a lot. I am grateful that I found your channel. You are awesome.😊😄😎

welcome back Sensei

Hi NuSensei. I’m planning to buy a Junxing f155 recurve / Meteor Galaxy after a friend has recommended it. I’ve always found you reviews fair, objective and very helpful. I hope you could make a review of this bow.

These videos have helped me tremendously!!!!

I know too many people with huge egos that are not the best archers yet insist on buying the best equipment . A $150 complete arrow was lost by one of these people at our range recently when they didn’t change their 18m indoor sight setting on their compound before shooting 60 m outdoor. Doesn’t even shoot that well but obviously has the $1800 to spend on a dozen....... Status symbols are important to some people. I laughed.

u my new go to video guy! :>).. great videos !!!!!

Great to see you again

I'm an amateur backyard hobbyist, I buy the cheap stuff off Amazon.

Its been a minute. Hope everything's alright with you Nu! Its been a tough year, but we'll get through it. I haven't shot my bow in a little bit over a year, since covid really. Your inspiring me to go back into my yard and start shooting again. I wish the best to you!

Tried skylon frontier? And very good video. Consistency is way overlooked at our club they shy the cheapest carbon arrows since as they say if they buy say 12 arrows maybe 2-4 out of them fly a little different from the others. All midrange ish and up in my eyes. Good carbon arrows will last long and the difference from say 2-4 dollars to 5-6 dollars a arrow you can actually feel the difference skylon is good cheap and work well.

As a trad shooter and hunter my go to is Easton XX75 aluminium. Straight when bought, heavy shaft weight and not to hard on the wallet when broken or lost.

Thank you NU Sensei

Very well explained. Thank you

Very useful very helpful thank you for proxy and posting!!!!

I shoot traditional, no sights, I doubt I would ever see a difference so long as they are both tuned to my bow. I just want carbon shafts that are durable (there are some that are not durable believe it or not), and accept screw in inserts and push in nocks. I will then weigh the shaft, figure out what weight I want it to be when completed (I want to shoot 8-10 gpp), choose a head weight, then start cutting a bare shaft down until it's tuned, then cut the other shafts down to match and fletch them. I recommend keeping that tuning bare shaft you used as a bare shaft so you can always come back and use it to adjust your nock point, especially important if you use a flemish twist string which have a tendency to slowly stretch moving your nock point a bit, despite twisting it back up to the proper brace height. I have found some crazy good deals on ebay for shafts during off seasons where not enough people are bidding.

I like looking at the Easton aluminum line for this (jazz/platinum/eclipse). Straightness increases, so does price. Even if the size is the same.

I think, if like me, you're watching this because you want to learn the difference between expensive and cheaper arrows, then you're most likely at a level where you don't need expensive arrows anyway. And thanks Sensei, You answered a burning question for me.

there is the same quality differences in firearms competitions as well. The better MATCH GRADE ammo is much more expensive than regular ammo and unless you are in competitions getting the more expensive ammo is not really worth it.

Great information , cheers

Thanks much, you just saved me loads of money!!!

Can you do a video on archery texts!? Turkish texts, Arab/muslim texts, eastern/western archery texts!?

Good info, thank you!

Very informative, thanks.

Awesome video!

I start with a low price bamboo arrow that have a very low quality. I shoot all over the place. After seeing your videos, starting to redo the vanes which make a huge impact on the accuracy. Last 2 days I tried carbon arrow. Now I regret why I spend on those bamboo arrow in the first place... Should been direct to carbon arrow... Shoot very accurate. But atleast its a learning curve. Lol. Thanks nusensei for the great informations.

My wife has midrange carbon arrows, because they were partly coloured purple, with purple fletching, looks nice. Visual pleasure is a factor as well.

Good Advice, Nice!👊😇👌

One thing else about cheap vs expensive arrow is; The cheaper arrow will have more wobble in a spinner. Although, there is the mid-range arrows $15-25.00 arrows that muddy up the waters concerning straightness. Many claim .001/.015 straightness (especially after being cut.) & .5 -1gr+/ difference in arrow weight.

Great Vid as always ..however..."Fractions of an inch, like .02 mm" 🤣🤣 .The beauty when imperial meets metric ;-)

Great Channel! ❤️👊🏽🙏🏽 🏹 🎯

Thank you! Getting my first recurve this sat. Probably would have bought arrows that were far too expensive . Thanks for putting out great resources for us beginners!

glad to hear i don't need the expensive stuff lol. this was fascinating though, maybe if i get any good i'll upgrade eventually

David Attenborough of Archery

The real question is not price, but marginal utility on price increase. Rarely is a major price increase delivering the same magnitude in performance or ownership pleasure.

I only ended up upgrading from Easton Inspire to CarbonOnes because my coach at the club recommended it to me. Same coach also told me flat out not to get X10 when I asked him.

Thanks this helped so much

Thank You !!

I remember my aunt buying me 24 of those expensive side carbon arrows and I was still new to archery Broke 4 of them on the first end of my practice, At that time I just started archery and treated all arrows the same as long as my bow looks good and feels nice, when I realized and Looked at the price of those years after, I Could feel my wallet cry haha

Bet the unfletched X10 on a tuned setup, arrow matched etc would still be more accurate than those carbon arrows at 70m :-) Still a fair comment on arrows though. Personally, I use Easton ACE's and I match the point weights, weigh the shafts etc and every arrow is matched and all weight the same, the equipment is good, it's then all down to me and I can't blame anything else :-)

Can you make a video for beginners about arrow safety, carbon v aluminum v wood, how to check carbon arrows for cracks, and what would happen if one would break, what would be the chances that it would go through your bow hand, etc

Nice vid :)

Any chance you could do a vid on calculating spine for bow stength ratios

I am new to archery and have a question. I have a Genesis bow and it is a blast to shoot. The Easton arrows that come with it are ok but I want to know if there are better arrows for it that will not break the bank. Thanks

All good stuff. If you shoot competition.

I like your description of an archer, the old saying applies: 'it's a poor mechanic that blames his tools"!

Thanks mate, wow I thought I was going to have to sell off the car and dog, to buy X-10's, maybe next year.

I once bought a dozen X-10’s and I had to return them back for the price of 2 dozens of Easton carbon ones 930’s. I knew what my skill level is at and I have no desire to go into X-10’s any time soon. I would rather buy cheaper downgrade below X-10’s for more practice and less competition. Unless, you think Easton ACE golds are still legit for recurve?

which type of arrow is better for beginners to practise their precision? fiberglass or pure carbon?

What backquiver are you using at 8:30 in the video? Does it rattle? And how many arrows does it hold securely? I’m looking for a backquiver that holds at least 12 arrows securely for use when I’m moving (walking and riding) (Mostly wilderness 3D shooting)

If you have carbon arrows, would you still use ferr-l-tite coolflex over Insert Iron glue to glue the inserts in? The manufacturer seems to be recommending the Insert Iron, but I know you've said coolflex works. Pros and cons?

Interesting

Thanks

Arrows, the main consumable of archery. Still a re-usable item, you get many many shots out of one-hopefully. Consider a bullet- single use. Consider a compound bow high capex, low opex. Where as a rifle, high capex, high opex.

have you tried vanes through a compound bow, saw a vid recently debunking the common belief that you can't shoot vanes through a trad bow. it showed that not only did vanes work fine but were much quieter than feathers.

The elite archers mostly can either get free ultra-high end arrows or get same at a discount as sponsored athletes.

My string hardly fits into my arrows back side, everytime i try to place my arrow to the string i hear a voice (like click), and my arrow gets stuck to the string. What could be the problem?

What is this type of bow called? And where could I source one?

I started archery around 2 months ago. A high-end arrow is wasted on me, 4,5 € for an arrow is more than enough for now.

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I KNOW I don't need competition grade arrows for any of my shooting. Just as well, since there is no way I can afford $70 to $100 (or more, thanks to inflation,) for one arrow. $5 an arrow is bad enough ... especially since some of my bows need a higher or lower spine than another bow, some shoot better with a heavy arrow, others a lighter arrow ... For hunting, using a compound bow or a recurve/longbow/horsebow, I want a total arrow weight of at least 10 grains per pound of draw weight. Hence I need several sets of arrows for each bow, tho I try to get by with just one or two. For my traditional bows, I try to get by with one set of wood arrows to shoot from all of them. I think I need a set of 300 or 250 spine arrows for my over 65 pound draw compound bow. The arrows I have don't shoot well at over 64 pound draw. The only "competition" shooting I do is against myself. Try to get better every time I shoot. I don't need better than .005" to .003" straightness, which is standard for call it $50 to $60 a dozen "recreational"/"practice"/hunting arrows.

I shoot barebow with vap v1 arrows with a .001 straightness. Can't see the point of moving to more expensive arrows.

Is there an arrow you can reccomend for a newbie who still breaks or loses arrows at the range regularly? I was getting really cheap arrows but want decent ones that are still affordable at 400 spine

I have shot 1250 with skylons. But it's easier to shoot 1250 with my x10s. Forgiveness. Problem is, you won't see that forgiveness until you're shooting the higher scores as any forgiveness in the better shafts are masked by the greater effects of the variation (error) in your form. Better to shoot cheaper shafts until you're at the draw weight you're going to compete at, absolutely determine the best arrow spine for that draw weight, draw length and chosen arrow length, refine your form until you're shooting big scores and then treat yourself to x10s but until then spend your money on coaching.

I've just read Expansive arrows and thought how it could be :)

I just bought 6 carbon ones made for my bows model and weight so i think I'm good😅

What about switching from aluminum to carbon arrow? Does it beneficial in terms of accuracy?

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Thanks NS. What was the brand and cost of the arrow that wasn't the X10 or trad arrow? Link?

yo sensei

Let's put it this way: at the moment my arrows are by far not the least consistent part of my shooting 😁

All of this speculation could be replaced by actual testing with a shooting machine and quantifying the difference in accuracy

Yay I'm early