LetszhuArchery Carbon Arrows Wooden Grain Shaft 500 Spine with Feather Fletching for Hunting Target Shooting

1. The arrows arrived bundled with two cable ties that were pulled very tight around the arrows. This tight bundling caused three of the six arrows to have one severely crushed feather. Initially I was going to return them, but then I decided to apply warm water to the damaged feathers to soften them, and gently worked the feathers to bring them back to their original shape. Well, it worked, and I was glad that I didn't have to return them. Arrows should not be bundled this way for shipping. A 1/2 inch Styrofoam rod in the center of the pack could prevent the feathers from being scrunched together.2. The arrows look to be well made, and the beautiful wood grain looks flawless, however there's no printing anywhere on the arrow as to the "spine" or straightness of the arrow. I'm assuming that the bar-code on the paper wrap around the arrows is how the seller knows that they're sending out the right spined arrows. It would be nice to have the spine number printed on the arrow.3. All the turkey feathers are their natural color. This is not a big point, but I would love to have one of the feathers to be a different and brighter color for easier loading and better visibility if the arrow runs aground.Well, that's it. I hope this review is helpful to those of you that are considering purchasing these arrows.ADDENDUM: I've been contacted by Dungguan Liezhu Trade Co. Ltd. in China apologizing for the way the arrows were packaged, and appreciated my input on the matter. They expressed their commitment to complete customer satisfaction and their desire to improve their product along the line of my suggestion. They also offered to send me a new set of arrows after the modifications were made. Now, that's what I call EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. No company can have 100% control over everything. It's how a company reacts to when something goes wrong, and then, their efforts to correct the problem. Because of Dungguan Liezhu commitment to rectify the situation and excellent customer service, I've upped my rating to five stars.

I bought a horse bow recently, and began a search for longer trad arrows so that I could finally practice an overdraw. Most arrows I found are 31”. I was happy to find these 32” trad carbon arrows with a wood pattern paint job and feather fletcher shafts. They look wonderful! I tested them out last week. As opposed to cheap Chinese arrows, these were very light and flew true. I also loved that they had striped fletching and had pin nocks to prevent breakage from “robin hoods”. Sadly, there are a four drawbacks though. After only two rounds of loosing arrows (12), I found the wood pattern paint scraped off the front end of the shafts. To be sure, the hay bails at my park are relatively fresh and more tightly packed than usual. But compared to my Gold Tip Traditionals, my Gold Tips have significantly less scrape. Though the wood paint has a flat sheen, they do feel like the slight tackiness you get from a gloss sheen. I didn’t shoot too long because I’m learning a thumb draw and my thumb was hurting after a short while. The next day, I came back, and two more issues emerged. First, the rubber protecting the forward edge of the fletchings have curled back from their contact with the bow riser. Second, one arrow hit the plywood back board that the hay bails are stacked on, and the arrow shaft separated from the “glued-in” insert. I assume there wasn’t enough glue on the insert. I’m slightly worried about the curled rubber affecting the angle of departure of the arrows from the side of the bow. Overall, these issues are small and relatively easily fixed. I’m aiming to cut off the rubber bands and tie thin serving string over the fletchings instead; I’ll glue back the insert with hot glue (vs cyanoacrylate); and I’m thinking about spraying some flat gloss to protect the front shafts from losing more paint. Lastly, I do wish the manufacturers can update their fletching design and have the cock fletching a different color than the other two. I ended up marking between the two hen feathers to make it faster to nock properly. Overall, I like these arrows. I just wish I didn’t have to do my own alternations so soon after getting them.

In my opinion, these arrows can rival that of Gold Tip's traditional arrows. I use these arrows with my traditional recurve bow and the arrows travel cleanly off the shelf. The feather fletchings are soft so they do not interfere as much as other feather fletchings when leaving the shelf. The spine works perfectly with my 40# mandarin duck black hunter and is accurate.The best part of the arrow design is the "anti-explosion" arrow nock insert. I most likely would've destroyed and split 5 arrows without it (you can see the marks the arrow left on the metal insert in my pictures). I've destroyed/split three expensive Gold Tip arrows in the past and it is painful; especially since each of those arrows cost about $10 a piece...so if you were to "robin hood" an arrow, you would only lose the white plastic nock and not shatter the shaft...saves money in the long run.The only two negatives about these arrows: 1) the fletchings came in deformed due to the cramped packaging (but you can easily fix this by dipping the fletchings in warm water), and 2) the arrow's wood print near the tip begins to fade if you shoot into abrasive materials over a long period of time (such as a home-made stacked carpet target).Great arrows! Buying 12 more soon.