2025 Elite Artus

[sndmn11]

I have a pre-release Elite 2025 bow arriving today to fiddle with and test ahead of its launch.

I'm curious what you guys find the most helpful from me? Do you care about spot scores? 3d scores? Anything else I've done in the reviews here that has been helpful?

This won't be a full blown home page review. Just some feedback within this thread before I send it back in a few months.

 

[dreamingWest]

I'm looking forward to seeing the specs. Rumor mill says new carbon.

 

[sndmn11]

I'm looking forward to seeing the specs. Rumor mill says new carbon.

I think there would need to be something in the tech-physics breakthrough world to see a huge gain/loss in on-paper specs. I like bows that are easy to tune, and why I gravitated towards Elite recently. However, the only bow I currently own is a PSE that is a bit finicky to tune, but I shoot it shockingly well despite that.

 

[HuntHarder]

Speed with different arrow weights, amount of hand shock compared to your PSE. Those are a few things I look for in a new bow.

 

[dreamingWest]

I think there would need to be something in the tech-physics breakthrough world to see a huge gain/loss in on-paper specs. I like bows that are easy to tune, and why I gravitated towards Elite recently. However, the only bow I currently own is a PSE that is a bit finicky to tune, but I shoot it shockingly well despite that.

By specs I meant dimensions. They have a 31-1/4 ata, 7-1/4 bh carbon. I'm curious where they went with the new mold. I'm guessing longer. I'd also love to see a riser in Kuiu Valo.

 

[dreamingWest]

And I agree about performance. Nearly every hunting bow with my preferred dimensions is shooting within about 5-8 fps of each other (on paper).

 

[butcherboy]

I like bows with less hand shock, smooth draw cycle with a small drop into the valley. Also, balance of the bow in my hand and the total weight of the bow with accessories and a full quiver of arrows. I’ve shot Hoyt for a long time but my next bow won’t be. I’m not fond of a heavy bow. Packing that thing for miles on end gets old when it’s heavy. Easy to tune is a must. I don’t really care about speeds at all.

 

[OR Archer]

They have a 33” carbon coming. A $1k price point bow and another flagship aluminum. That’s all the info I have on the 2025 launch.

*no 33” carbon

 

[sndmn11]

Easy enough to tune with set... 5 shots from nock point, rest elevation/windage eyeballed.


100yds with an educated guess at the spot on the tape. No stabilizer, full side quiver.

 

[OR Archer]

Easy enough to tune with set... 5 shots from nock point, rest elevation/windage eyeballed.
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100yds with an educated guess at the spot on the tape. No stabilizer, full side quiver.
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I like the addition of the split yoke. Hopefully that eliminates the cams rubbing the cables

 

[sndmn11]

I like the addition of the split yoke. Hopefully that eliminates the cams rubbing the cables

I'm supposed to wait until noon EST to share more, but yes, they don't come close.

 

[OR Archer]

I'm supposed to wait until noon EST to share more, but yes, they don't come close.

Other than that the flagship bows didn’t wow me. The Hunter though I think will be a sleeper. Has good specs for that price point.

 

[dkime]

God awful attempt at a quiver is the only thing I can say, they had a great opportunity and awful execution


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[sndmn11]

60# limbs per my request ---> 62.X# on my scale



The 511 gr arrows are what I shot a spke with last year for the Era review

The 71# mach 34 for comparison

Other than that the flagship bows didn’t wow me. The Hunter though I think will be a sleeper. Has good specs for that price point.

My wild guess is that bows are going to advance in tuning and "forgiveness" for the next few years and beyond. I am unsure if that is anything that is measurable on a spec sheet, but it looks like Elite is giving it a try by listing the string angle on their spec sheets. I have not been shooting at all because of my shoulder owie. I don't know if what is easier here with a 30" bow that you can inbox, 2min tune, and sling to 100yds that group above. The only way in my eyes to see what bows are "better" are to shoot for score over a long period. Every mfg is going to have a "wow" bow for every person's preference of draw/shot at 10'.

 

[archp625]

I don't get it. Well I do, but I don't. Companies keep rolling out new bows that are just about the same as the previous years model. I get it that its going to be really hard for all companies to advance in technology from here on out. But weight and speed are not intriguing to me at all.