Easton Arrow Tote Review!

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I have been looking for some king of arrow case or tube to transport my arrows in on my out of town hunts. In the past I have used a heavy duty paper roll for this purpose but decided I wanted something a that was designed for this purpose.

I looked at all of them. Many of them are really large and bulky. I settled on an adjustable tube made by Easton. It is a 3" diameter, opaque tube that is adjustable to your arrow length and has a carry strap.

It was one of the more reasonably priced totes and meets my needs, which is strictly getting my arrows from A to B and back unharmed. Once I arrive I always remove them from the case to keep the fletchings from taking on a bent set.

This tote is not a style that you could carry your arrows with broadheads assembled and attached. It is strictly for the shafts, although you could pre match you broadheads to each shaft and spin check. Just don't install the blades.

The adjustment feature is great but does not lock all that positively. it has three nodules that fit in matching slots but they are pretty easy to turn out. This would probably not be an issue.

I have just changed my fletch style to the AAE, Maxie Hunter and they are pretty tall, .58" I believe. http://trophy-hunting.blogspot.com/search/label/Vanes . The Manuf. claims the tube will hold up to 24 arrows but it will barely hold half that with the newer style fletchings and the are bent to get that many in.

Other than that its a pretty good product and suites my needs and is half the price of most cases.

Here is the Manuf. Product Description:


Easton Arrow Tote protects what's closest to you... your arrows! You love your arrows and they deserve top-quality protection. That's what you get with the Easton Arrow Tote. The locking adjustment customizes the tube between 24 and 40 for minimal movement to keep arrows straight and flying true. Details: Protect your arrows during travel; Tube adjusts between 24 and 40; Holds up to 24 fletched arrows; High-strength hard plastic construction is light and durable; Threaded screw top lid keeps your arrows secure; Includes styrofoam lid inserts to cushion and hold your arrows in place; Fits inside most bow cases; Why trust your arrows to anything less? Order Today! Easton Arrow Tote . 
Here is a link with about the best price I have seen fo this product if you looking for something like this.
 
Best of luck,
Larry S.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Robin Hood!

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For all of you that don't know, Archery season opens here in central Florida this weekend. I just built a brand new set of arrows  for the occasion. One dozen finely tuned meat missiles. I weighed each and every component on a grain scale and matched everything together, ground off tiny amounts for exact weight and added small set screws to the back of my inserts to bump up my f.o.c. a little. All dozen arrows finished out to within 1/2 gr.  of each other. It was really quite a bit of work.

Last night I decided to shoot a little with my broadheads and see if I need any last minute adjustments. Usually I pick different spots when shooting broadheads and only shoot one arrow at any one target so I don't ruin an arrow....you probably already figured out where I'm going....a robin hood!

Well, I'm not sure whether I should be glad or sad about this. I guess I'm out a brand new XX75 either way. Actually quartered the alum. uni-bushing! I found one of the pieces, you can see it in the lower photo.

If I can shoot like this when I get out in the tree I guess it will be worth it!

     

Most people have converted to carbon arrows at this point but it's hard to beat the Easton XX75 and XX78. I used the Pinwheel archery program to fine tune my shaft size and the 2215, while a little uncommon, was right on the money. The aluminum shaft is typically twice as straight as carbon and half the price (or less) of quality carbon or carbon/alum., etc.. I personally prefer XX78 but they were not available in 2215 so I went to the XX78 CAMO HUNTER. They even come with uni-bushings for easy nock adjustment.

Steve Kelly, Owner of American Sports in Havana Illinois, did call me a dinosaur when I had him build me a few last year when I ran short on a hunt there but why fool with something that works so good.

I took a gobbler, (2) hogs and more than a dozen whitetails last year with these aluminum shafts. Hard to argue with that!

You'll notice in the picture I'm fletched these shafts

with AAE's new Maxi-Hunter 2.2 vanes. They are

2.125"l.x.59"h. and control my muzzy's just fine. I

prefer them to blazer types as they are a little more pliable and are ribbed to create a little more drag

for stabilization. They are far more durable than the

standard AAE 4" vane. I can shoot clean thru a "Block" target and the vanes look perfect!

Good luck and send me some harvest pictures!

Larry

P.S.

If you doubt the effectiveness of a Muzzy have a look at my Muzzy vs. Deer Spine post!
http://trophy-hunting.blogspot.com/2010/02/muzzy-vs-deer-spine.html

Below are a couple of links to Amazon with pretty reasonable prices on these shafts and fletch if anybody needs some.