Thanks for making such outstanding vanes! I will not use any other type again. Glad to see you have a 2″ hunting vane now as well. I have the flp 400′s and the target 187′s and love both. I’m ordering a bunch of all three sizes tomorrow. Love the flexbond too!!
Regards,

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I am sorry, I have to disagree. Personally I didn’t like the MiniFita’s from Vanetec. They do not hold up to wear as well as my FFP 187′s did, I went exactly the route you are thinking of, was trapped on some of the hype around here, my bad! Of course they stick very well to the shafts, but I found them to “wrinkle” and keep the bends -once taken- forever. I am back to FFP’s, this time the 150′s, with a little helical, even if it was supposed -and confirmed- to be a pain to remove them from the X10′s (34 shafts!). It is a little bit more tedious to fletch FFP’s -99% acetone once in the clamp and they stick as well as Vanetecs-, but well worth on the long term (refletching on expensive shafts is a bad and painful idea, believe me)!
Hope it helps and good luck!

Stick With Flex Fletch
Why would you want to switch from Flex Fletch? IMHO they are the best vane available. I refuse to switch. They stand up to LOTS of abuse.

Regardless, for outdoor competition to 90 meters, there is really only one vane I recommend – the flex-fletch. Size is up to you, but I would use either the 1.87″ shields, or the 1.5″ parabolics. If you wanted to, you could probably use a 2″ parabolic with less offset. Any of those would work, and will be more durable and last longer than any other vane available.

If you clean them well, and then use a quality vinyl wrap to glue them to, you will get years worth of use out of them. I can never remember having to repair or replace a flex-fletch vane, and that’s after shooting tens of thousands of shots at 70 meters with ACE’s and X10′s.

Seriously, I have “target-tested” the Flex fletch through soft spots in the haybale resulting in pass-throughs, and the vanes survived intact other than some cosmetic marks. They also survived shots into the grass @ 90m, when the spinwings would be crinkled beyond usability or torn.

But probably a tougher test of their durability is shooting them on a single-spot NFAA or NAA face indoors at 18 meters, and I’ve done plenty of that. Last indoor season, about 2/3 of my practice (for the upcoming NFAA Indoor nationals) was done on a single spot NFAA face with ACE’s and 2″ flex-fletch vanes. They held up beautifully, never having to replace a single vane even after more than a few 25-5x ends. To me, that’s pretty tough. Never, ever could have done that with Spin-wings or feathers.

The other vanes cannot compare, regardless of what they are called. The true “DURA-vane” IMO is the flex-fletch. I’ve seen Duravanes mutilated by normal use. The prep is a small price to pay considering the longevity. You literally may never have to repair or re-fletch that arrow for the remainder of it’s useful life.

I would like to say thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been shooting a bow for 25 yr.’s and started using your vanes about 3 yr.’s ago and they have improved my grouping beyond my wildest dreams. The deer do not stand a chance. Advantage flex fletch.

P.S. my 3-D shoots have improved to the point of pleasure.

Flex Fletch vanes… the most durable vane out there. I can bury an arrow into a bale way past the fletch, leave it there for 10-15 minutes, pull it out and the vane is rippled and bent all to heck, and in 5 minutes it looks brand new. What other vane can do that?

I did receive a small Vanetec sample this week. They may be tough, but they are also heavier as you mentioned. The 4-inch sample looks to be almost a grain heavier than Duravanes and probably over one grain compared to the Flex-Fletch 4 inch vanes I shoot. I’m not impressed with their colors either. The yellow was good but the orange and green were not bright, similar to Duravanes. I haven’t had time to flight test them yet. Like I’ve said before, you guys have got it figured out! Keep up the good work.