Hi everyone, this is my first post on here.
I am a near total noob at archery, and have just recently bought one of these as my first bow with it arriving at mine on the 23rd of December.
its a tiny little powerhouse!!
Since it arrived I have fired about 200 arrows from it on my indoor range which is about 50 feet long. Having never fired a bow in my life before laying hands on this I was very surprised at how easy it was for me to hit my targets with it. and now I can usually hit a 6 inch square target with most of my arrows.
Quality wise, I don't have anything to compare it with but it seems very well made with no bits falling off and a quite nice finish. the only issues I can find are a rough edge on the pistol grip that has blistered my hand between thumb and fore finger and the allen bolts that hold the sight and arrow holder all need to be tightened up.
Annoyingly there are no allan keys included with the bow and every single one of the bolts is a different size to all the others, so a bit of a headache but nothing dramatic.
The sights work well and I like the illumination a lot. the trigger/release thingy is ambidextrous though you need to swap the brass part from top to bottom if your a lefty like me.. I found that the pull on it was very long and creepy, but it does work well and I'm getting used to it. The sights are nice and visible, though adjusting them is a bit fiddly as you have to use an allan key every time, and matters aren't helped if like me, you spend a while zeroing in getting it shooting sweet only to realise 5 arrows later that you haven't tightened up the allen key and the sight falls off!! DOH!
other than that its been good fun to use. The draw length is 31 inches which is about my limit, and I am a big bloke. my friend who is only 5'6 tall didn't have the reach to fully draw the bow. The let off on the bow is good, again I have nothing to compare it too but it was easy for me to hold it at full draw for up to a minute. though I found the little peep sight set in the string takes some getting used too.
Arrow wise, it came with three 30' fibreglass arrows which I supplemented with 12 X 32' fibreglass arrows. these performed ok, though I had one explode today which left me with a lovely welt. I think I am going to invest in a glove and some aluminium arrows from now on,
All in all I think I made a good purchase. it does exactly what I wanted it to do and its fun to shoot.
