Good broadhead vid, and why Heat vanes suck

[Zac]

 

[87TT]

My experience with Heat vanes four fletched right helical has been positive with several “fixed blade” broadheads. Currently Kudupoints. Fly right with the fieldpoints.

 

[Beendare]

I like Chris...but another BH test- yawn.

Do guys really still pick their BH because of big holes and gel tests?

I pick my BH as part of a system tasking into consideration; My bow energy, my arrow weight, ease of tuning, ease of testing each arrow for problems, ease of touchup and use, ease of reuse/cost of the system.

 

[307]

Bee has a great personality and I appreciate his videos but when doing technical work, he really needs to sit down and plan out his process A LOT better. I'm sure he has the knowledge, but the ability to clearly convey that to a less experienced person is severely lacking.

I'm betting there are many confused and frustrated archers due to watching his videos.

 

[Zac]

Bee has a great personality and I appreciate his videos but when doing technical work, he really needs to sit down and plan out his process A LOT better. I'm sure he has the knowledge, but the ability to clearly convey that to a less experienced person is severely lacking.

I'm betting there are many confused and frustrated archers due to watching his videos.

Well he does keep screwing up his rest adjustments for broadheads. Seems like no one on Youtube can get that right lately.

 

[Buffalomtn]

Seems like more evidence that your bow needs to be tuned, not just shot through paper (which Chris says his bow was not tuned) rather than an indictment of Heat Vanes.

 

[entropy]

I think it depends on a few things. My experience with four fletch Heat vanes, at the speed I was pushing the arrow, with the size broadhead I had on the arrow, was not a positive one. My father in law and brother in law, with slower setups, really like them.

 

[Billy Goat]

Not watching the video, but I got no complaints with heat vanes in a 3 fletch configuration and small fixed blades @ upper 290's. I'm not counting on them to steer larger fixed heads, I use larger vanes when I have a bigger broadhead, seems self explanatory. Heats were never marketed as a fixed blade vane.

 

[entropy]

Heats were never marketed as a fixed blade vane.

 

[87TT]

Haters gonna hate. But they work for me

 

[Billy Goat]

@entropy , reply ain't working for some reason.

News to me, I thought I remembered Ideal for 3d and mechanical broadheads.


Maybe they changed the marketing on them, or my memory is like my hair.

 

[Beendare]

I haven’t shot these heat vanes….but I have tried softer vanes …and making slices in soft vanes to see if they will shoot off the shelf. They do but they slow the arrow- a lot….especially out of a compound.

The problem I’ve seen; if you are shooting a fairly fast bow, the soft vanes act like flu flu’s. They dont hold their shape as well. At longer range (40 in a recurve) you can hear then in flight- loud- and they slow the arrow a lot.

Now that probably won’t matter to a guy that is shooting 150 FPS and only shooting 20 yards…..

 

[87TT]

Shoot broadheads with Heat. Vanes four fletched Helical out passed 80. Plus they are quiet.

 

[Billy Goat]

I haven’t shot these heat vanes….but I have tried softer vanes …and making slices in soft vanes to see if they will shoot off the shelf. They do but they slow the arrow- a lot….especially out of a compound.

The problem I’ve seen; if you are shooting a fairly fast bow, the soft vanes act like flu flu’s. They dont hold their shape as well. At longer range (40 in a recurve) you can hear then in flight- loud- and they slow the arrow a lot.

Now that probably won’t matter to a guy that is shooting 150 FPS and only shooting 20 yards…..

The heat vanes are pretty dern stiff, pretty durable too.
Different compound than Blazers.


But small.

 

[entropy]

The heat vanes are pretty dern stiff, pretty durable too.
Different compound than Blazers.


But small.

I think the surface area between Heats and Blazers is pretty similar; Heats are not as tall, but they're longer. Don't know anything for sure, but if I had to guess I think the lack of height is why they don't work as well as Blazers at stabilizing broadheads (at least for me). Maybe the extra height gets a better lever arm around the shaft, maybe the height gets the top of the vanes into cleaner air (air less disrupted by the broadhead and shaft)... Don't know. Just know Blazers work for me, but Heats don't.

I went to Bully vanes this year. Same profile as Blazers, supposed to be made of stiffer material. Not sure I see much of a difference, but they cost roughly the same as Blazers, so it's fine.

 

[Billy Goat]

I think the surface area between Heats and Blazers is pretty similar; Heats are not as tall, but they're longer. Don't know anything for sure, but if I had to guess I think the lack of height is why they don't work as well as Blazers at stabilizing broadheads (at least for me). Maybe the extra height gets a better lever arm around the shaft, maybe the height gets the top of the vanes into cleaner air (air less disrupted by the broadhead and shaft)... Don't know. Just know Blazers work for me, but Heats don't.

I went to Bully vanes this year. Same profile as Blazers, supposed to be made of stiffer material. Not sure I see much of a difference, but they cost roughly the same as Blazers, so it's fine.

Height is where the steering comes from with vanes. Length plays little into it, so you are correct.

What broadheads are you using?

 

[entropy]

Height is where the steering comes from with vanes. Length plays little into it, so you are correct.

What broadheads are you using?

Been using 125 gr Kudus for a couple of seasons, and that will probably be the plan again this year. My arrows came out a bit faster than I thought they would this year, and I was worried they might start planing at longer ranges, but out to 40 they seem fine. Still need to shoot longer to make sure.

How about you?

 

[Billy Goat]

Been using 125 gr Kudus for a couple of seasons, and that will probably be the plan again this year. My arrows came out a bit faster than I thought they would this year, and I was worried they might start planing at longer ranges, but out to 40 they seem fine. Still need to shoot longer to make sure.

How about you?

I shoot all kinds. I'll have 3-4 different in the quiver. Just wondering since the heats weren't working.

Exodus, G5 striker, old spitfires, Grim Reaper, VPA 3 blade, IW solid and wides.