Which Arrow Vane is BEST? Comparing the MOST POPULAR vanes on the MARKET! [ AAE, Bohning, TAC ]
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- Hey guys, in this video we do a quick comparison showing you a few of the most popular vanes on the market. Showing you there strengths and weaknesses as well as what to look for, for a good multipurpose vane for any type of archery. Let us know what vanes you are running in the comments! I'm super excited to build my new Easton Axis Long Range arrows, if you are too get subscribed because that video will be out soon. Thank you guys so much for watching, I'll catch you on the next one!
Happy Hunting, Hang N Hunt.
I would recommend both the max stealth and tac drivers. However, tac vanes are my choice between the two 🤙🏽
I use AAE primer and glue withTac vanes... No issues. Because the Tac vanes are stiffer, it helps to leave them in the jig a little longer.
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You can save yourself money. Just scrub the bottom of the vane with acetone or MEK, let it dry, and let it sit in the jig for longer than normal. Instead of setting in about 20 seconds, let it sit for a bit over a minute. Works on both AAE Max and TAC vanes. Did it last night.
Hey thanks for the tip, we will give it a try in our arrow build video!
What Sean said. That’s what I do and I’ve never had either the TAC or AAE vanes come off unless i ripped em off myself.
Absolutely! In spite of any and all directions I always scrub the bases with acetone on a tac free towel. Also clean shafts with acetone until any and all residue is gone. Use Bob Smith Glue and Accelerator (Amazon or Lancaster)! Fill vane channel and just before attaching clamp to jig spray accelerator onto shaft - 20 seconds and your onto the next one! Just make sure clamp is in alignment and ready to pressure onto shaft because it’s pretty much instant adhesion!
Never fails for me no matter the brand!
Just a ⚠️ when done properly it’s a mammy to scrape them off!
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS The key word here is "scrub" because just a light swab with acetone won't remove the release agent from the vanes.
Activator, or accelerant, also works. So does letting a very thin layer of glue dry on the base before applying the rest and fusing to the shaft. Either way, it's all prep work. Not a big deal how you prep it, so long as you do it thoroughly.
I used acetone but didn’t scrub fletched up 1/2 dozen with max stealth some came off most stuck the couple that came off was after 100-150 shots. I didn’t use accelerater just acetone max wipes and pine ridge glue
If you use a potato peeler to remove the vanes and glue it makes it very fast and easy with no damage to the arrows. Use electrical tape and wrap the end of the arrow and knock will protect the end of the arrow
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Q2i have been the vanes I’ve been using lately. I love them they look great there stiff (a little heavy) and they glue better then any vanes I’ve used. The 2.5x4.3 shield cut🔥🔥🔥
I still have to give those q2i vanes a try!
Blazers stabilize fixed blades best out of all the vanes period ! And come pre primed! Y tinker with something that ain’t failed
Would like to know how the blazer and Q2i vanes compare. My black eagle fletched spartan arrows comes with the Q2i raptors but recently replaced a couple of arrows with the blazers.
The heat vane and the 2.75 driver are tough to beat. When using the TAC prep system and wraps. That driver vane bonds better than any ive ever tested.
I hated the heat vanes. They didn't take a helical well, and it ended up looking like an offset. For the weight, I didn't get as much steering as I wanted. Sure they stuck on like crazy and wouldn't come off, but if you got them stuck in a target hallway they would keep a permanent fold.
@@YoureSoVane the heat vanes have their place for sure. Especially from a pro shop perspective. The heat vane performed best for me in a 4 vane configuration with a 3 degree helical. Steered very well, very silent, lower profile.. but I still wound up going with the TAC 2.75 driver.
Use the primer pen on the tac vanes. They won't come off.
VaneTec. Been using them ever since I started doing my own fletching 6 or 7 years ago. I use a bitzenburger and gorilla glue. I’ve definitely put them through their paces. Through targets, animals, off the ground etc., and they’ve been amazing. Their price to performance I think beats any of the ones you’re looking at. Not to say these aren’t good options too. We’re truly spoiled as archers with all our options.
VaneTec's, 2.88 inch, Swifts "Drive" a Stryker 3 Blade, NICELY out to, past 60 yards for Me with, 2, 20 gr. grain Brass, Fact wt's ( 435 grs Total, Arrow wt. ) Nice FOC in, a 340 Spined arrow ! They really, Penetrate WELL from Only,.. a 50 lb. Bow at,.. 247 FPS !
Easton bully vanes are one of my new favorites
Hey thanks for the comment! We don’t have much experience with the bully vanes but we’ll give them a try!
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS they are super stiff like the heat vane with profile of a blazer vane. Made by easton and bohning. Definitely worth checking out brother
@@MikeyWoomer INside out Precision loves them, along with the TACs
My experience with different vanes, fletching with 4 degree offset and helical you will get the fastest rotation with original Blazer vanes. Yes you will loose speed and they will be noisier. But they are going fly broaheads better and correct your arrow sooner. But feathers are still my favorite for flying fixed broaheads.
due to clearance issues I switched from blazers to heat vanes and love the heat vanes.
Heats and AAE Max Stealths for Me ,. 3 Fletch, 3 Degrees L-H Helical, with "some",.. FOC,.. up front !
Both GOOD, "All around", Vanes
Bohning HAS, the New X-3 Vanes, in 3 inch X .48 Tall,.. Available, NOW !
Using the TOUGH, Heat material and the Shield Cut, Shape of, the older, very Accurate, X vane shape,.. but with, 2 grains, LESS weight !
Mine are in the Mail, to Test against, the 2.7" AAE Max Stealth's !
Rumor has it that, 3 Heats, WON'T "Steer", a FIXED, B-H,.. very well ( 4 Heats are NEEDED for, real good, Fixed B-H,.. Flight ! )
I'm a Fan of, 3 Vanes, 3 Degree, LEFT, Helical.
Those are the three vanes I’m deciding which to use next year. I’ve used the heat vanes in a four fletch was wondering how the 3 fletch handled a broadhead? Was thinking I’d use the AZ ez fletch if I did a 3 fletch with the heats. I want to try the tac drivers but I haven’t heard good things about adhesion and durabilityand nervous to spend $30 then an additional $20 for the primer pen and glue.
Hey thanks for the question! The Heat vanes in a 3 fletch work pretty well steering fixed blades with thinner profiles out to 40 yards. I have heard of people having issues with the Tac Vanes and I haven’t built my arrows yet so I cant tell you how they perform. However Ive heard the same about the AAE Max stealth vanes and if done properly they can give you a hard time taking them off to refletch. But I will follow up once I build the arrows!
Happy Hunting & Holidays, Hang N Hunt.
Tac vanes bond better than any other on the market. You just have to take a little more time and use their prep system.
How did those tac drivers fly with the eastons ? I had the same setup with a 4 fletch configuration black tac vanes with a 2.5 degree right helical they flew pretty well
Hey! Im running them in a 3 fletch with about a 5ish degree left helical they paper tune well and my arrows fly like darts out to 70+ yards!
do you think the stiffness of a vane just has to do with the thickness of the plastic? as in thicker is stiffer and thinner if more flexable?
By the time that I heard an arrow whizzing toward me at 205MPH, I would then see it buried in the ground behind me, after it went through my chest cavity.
Good video, just curious for the tac drivers is there a trick to get a helical on a small Dia arrow, cause all I can get is a slight offset. ?
Hey great question. Its hard to get a good helical or offset on a micro shaft with a bitzenburger fletching jig. The best way I found to get crazy helical on a micro shaft with any vane is with the Arizona EZ Fletch mini max.
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS thanks that's good to know, my arrows are 5mm diameter. if I can't get a half decent helical, I was going to switch to either the heat or bully. Out of these two, do you have a preference?.
@@stevew3718 The heat vanes are pretty good Ive shot those on my 4mm arrows. How ever I just recently switched to 5mm Victory RIP XV arrows and will be running AAE pro max or max stealth vanes on them.
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS right on thanks for all your input 👍
I started using the 2.75 tac vanes a few months ago, first set straight, then right helix, then left helix. I will say they stay in place well because they are the hardest things I have ever tried to remove from a shaft before.
AAE MAX
AAE Wav
Bohning Air
Easton diamond...all parabolic design..low profile, more speed than shield cut, so, i prefer parabolic, 1.75, 2", 2.3" 2.6", 2.8" n 3"
Heat all day, i use heat for all my arrows
Bohning x vane 4 fletch 👍
So just a long video with a estimated guess take vanes best less drop stiffer the heat vane not as stiff but stick way better the softest was AAE doesn’t stick as well as the other but works better with heavy helical and best for fixed head the end
I never primed my vanes and they have been stickinh fine
Hey! What vanes do you run!?
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS i use aae hybrid 26 but ive heard these did not need primer so i could be wrong haha i also use wraps on my shafts so that couldve help for adhesion as well
@@Mackahroney great choice! And yes I believe its just the max line up that requires the primer pens. Also wraps make a super quick clean up 👍🏼
That "shield cut" is so vanes can be further back on the arrow and avoid face contact
Hey thanks for the input!, yes that is also a great benefit of a shield cut! The closer to the nock the better the vanes will stabilize. 👍🏼
I use feathers
No use wasting a lot of money on the aae primer or adhesive. I just wipe both vane ( any brand) and the shaft with 91% alcohol. I've used the Gorilla brand contact for several years with very very few vanes " falling" off. Pass thru on worn out targets and a few rib bones has ripped some off.
Are those aae vanes in the sunset gold color?
Hello! Yes the Max Stealth vanes in this video are the sunset gold color.
Bohning x3 2.25 there made of heat material I rubber band all my arrows I’m not using at the time and u can put a clip or put vanes made of hard rubber in a freezer
The AAE hybrids don't require the primer pens. I also think there stiffer material then the AAE max.
Correct, AAE hybrids don't need the primer. However the Max vanes are the stiffer ones
Im using the hybrid 26 is stiffer than the max is white and love to paint them red works great with 3 fletch little helical and with mechanicals and fixed broadhead
Hey, good to know we’ll have to test them out at some point!
Hybrids are not stiffer than the max stealths. Lol
Levi Morgan is using 4 vanes at 75* x 105* ...it gets complicated!
( * = degrees )
Don’t the AAE not require primer pen?
I believe the hybrid lineup doesn’t require the pen, but the MAX lineup of AAE vanes require a primer pen.
Just switched from 2" blazers to 2.75" tac drivers, definitely no increase in down range speed as advertised, but once I re-tuned, they shoot good and if they are quieter than that's a game changer.
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Have thanks for the comment. Nice video! I haven’t been able to test speed yet but I’ve shot the Tacs side by side with the bohning heat vanes in the same 3 fletch with the same helical and offset and I have noticed they are a little more quite.
Are these quieter than the Aae Max Hunters?
Hey! Do you have a specific vane your asking about or do you mean all three?
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS sorry, yeah I meant are the max stealth vanes quiter than the max hunter
@@rorynelson7548 No problem 👍🏼 In my experience constantly tinkering with vanes the Max Stealth vanes are probably the most quite vanes Ive used.
@@HANGNHUNTOUTDOORS awesome, I bought some last night. Will have to get em fletched on an see then. After recording arrows in flight, I have to believe that buzz noise from an arrow is what spooks a deer the most. Thanks
you can watch every fletcing test on UA-cam and you will not be able to tell much difference in any of the fletching. A few you can but not many can distinguish a difference.
Use a hair dryer on the veins that they become crinkled you’ll thank me later it works great
Hey thanks for the comment I'll keep that in mind for next time!
The AAE primer pen is no different than alcohol. It's the same thing. Smell it! Also i seen videos people proving that you can use just alcohol to prep them for glue
Hey! Although similar we have made a video testing this. We found acetone worked most similar to the primer pen but the pen still came out on top. However the alcohol was 70% isopropyl and could have played a part in its performance.
Denatured alcohol . Not isopropyl
Flex Fletch has won more tournaments than any other van on the market....give them a try
Just bought a test set of SK-300 and I can't stop shooting them. The memory and silence is real.
We are open to new products, we’ll try them out soon!
AAE Pro Max 4 fletch. quietest I've found and weight 2 grains total more than 3 blazers. They also work great with fixed blade broad heads
TAC Drivers 2.75
FLEX FLETCH....