The repackaging drives sales. Even if it's all about the same or cycling through trends...its the latest and greatest. Sales would drop, and companies would fail.There is zero need to put out new flagship bows every year but for some reason there are a ton of people that see the need to. Technology is not changing enough, in my eyes, to justify the cost to engineer new bows every year. I am sure cost would go down if companies would hold on to there bow lines for 2 years or even 3.
Chasing quiet and overall vibration damping.I'm a tech junky and love all the new bows and innovations that come out every year but all these new bows are getting heavier. I haven't found a comfortable bow to shoot since I bought my Mathews Helim. What's with the new trend of these 4.5 - 5 lb bows now. If you start out with a 3lb bow and want it to weigh more then there are all kinds of ways to add weight to a bow but if you start out at 5 pounds and then add a stabilizer and a sight and a rest , quiver, etc then you end up around 6 1/2 -7 pounds. That's a lot of weight to carry around, especially for a run and gun setup.
The Mathews flagship bow's MSRP is 1099. How can high country archery be over a grand cheaper (especially when their MSRP is within a couple of hundred?)I'm not going to tell anyone how to spend their money. If they have the money to spend, no problem. That thinking is what the bowmakers are betting on. That's why they spend thousands of dollars on advertising. They want you to think you are going to be a better hunter with newer and "better" compared to what you have. That's business and advertising 101. When I purchased my first "real" bow last year, I never would have thought I would have gone with High Country Archery had I not tried one out. Buying their "flagship" bow was over a grand cheaper than a Hoyt or Mathews.
The Mathews flagship bow's MSRP is 1099. How can high country archery be over a grand cheaper (especially when their MSRP is within a couple of hundred?)
Hoyt sure with the ridiculous $$$ carbon stuff.