Mathews Lift Review, By Les Welch

[roosiebull]

im shooting a lift 29.5 fully rigged w Mathews overpriced accessories lol…

58#
29”
376gr BE

Bow shoots amazing!

Me too, and I was very much against buying their overpriced accessories, but a fully rigged bow feels like a bare bow in the hand, so I did (I hate QAD rests too)

I could have left with a fully rigged rx8 for the same price when all was said and done, but the lift felt so good when set up and much to my surprise, I liked the draw cycle and back wall on the lift more than the Hoyt, and the Hoyt cam is awesome

I had a new custom mbg sight sitting at home and ended up having to order a dovetail for it, but now it’s all done and I do like the bow, but mathews sure bends you over to use their clever accessories.

I had a bridgelock stab on it but I took it off because it aims better without, and I despise back bars on hunting bows…

The grip feels nice in the hand, but man is it fickle! I’m shooting off the riser with grip tape and like it a lot more. Kinda want to try the UV grip, but it’s stupidly overpriced as well, so I probably won’t

I have not liked a mathews since the chill r, but the lift is a really slick bow. I just hope i don’t have limb issues. I have 60&70# mods and think I will probably just use the 60’s because it draws so dang easy, and I think there is more value to drawing super slow in plain sight vs The extra few fps I get with the extra draw weight.

I don’t know what they did with the lift, but it’s the first switch weight cam I’ve liked.

Like 5 days after I got my bow, 2 people broke into the bow shop I use and stole all of the lifts off the wall, don’t think they have been caught yet (though I’m guessing they didn’t try very hard in this state)

 

[longsprings]

Les took the Mathews Lift out into the field to look for a crusty old whitetail buck last year. Check out his review to see if you should consider this bow for your upcoming hunts.

Mathews Lift Review

Great info

 

[ihookem]

Any opinions on how much better the lift is than the Mathews Avail with a 24.5" draw length ? I have a 5 yr old mathews, the limbs are 50 to 60 . However, my rotator cuffs are so bad that I cant pull back 50 lbs anymore. I tuned it down 3 1/2 turns and gave it a try.. That was enough so I could pull it back without too much pain. I love shooting my bow. I shoot almost every day in my basements bow range at 19 yards. I shot a bunch and it was surely slower and 4" lower at 19 yds. I ended up with my 1st bow buck in 10 yrs. cause so many times I could not pull the bow back when a deer came by.. I went to the shop for lighter arrows to keep up the arrow speed. He said to keep what I was using . We find the pull was only 41 lbs. I was almost shocked being it a 50 to 60 . limb. I out it up to 43 and have not touched it since . Arrow speed is 223 fps. @ 43 lbs. However, I was wondering if anyone knows if the lift would be any faster.