Great video and adds some common sense to a contested topic.
I’ve learned that anything with an IBO of 330ish gives me my desired speed of 270-280 for a hunting set up. I personally believe the 330-335 IBO is that sweet spot of smooth draw and real world speeds.

 

While speeds very chrono to chrono compairing different bows through the same chrono does provide helpful comparison data points.

 

Evidently light-based chronographs are wildly inconsistent across brands , and using the one with the fastest numbers as the standard to post the bow's potential speed is not news to anyone.

Setting up the chronograph to artificially inflate speed numbers is a line I would hope they would not cross, though some companies clearly have an Obsession with making their bows seem faster than they actually are.

I use a radar chronograph, and it seems to give me more accurate numbers than my Pro Chrono and is not dependent on consistent lighting.

 

All hail the Doppler. In Doppler we trust. Raise your Garmins and your LabRadars in prayer. Amen.

 

While speeds very chrono to chrono compairing different bows through the same chrono does provide helpful comparison data points.

This is true to a point... If you don't always put the arrow through the same spot in the chronograph, you will get different results....

I started a thread some time ago about how I was getting different speed readings with the same bow/arrow through the same chronograph based on the release I was using....

It turns out the different types of release (index/thumb/hinge) changed my anchor slightly and I wasn't shooting through the "sweetspot" in the chrono.

I imagine this would be true for folks shooting different bows for review purposes....

Evidently light-based chronographs are wildly inconsistent across brands , and using the one with the fastest numbers as the standard to post the bow's potential speed is not news to anyone.

Setting up the chronograph to artificially inflate speed numbers is a line I would hope they would not cross, though some companies clearly have an Obsession with making their bows seem faster than they actually are.

I use a radar chronograph, and it seems to give me more accurate numbers than my Pro Chrono and is not dependent on consistent lighting.

Light based chronos are inconsistent even within the same make/model!!! My buddy and I each bought our chronographs from the same store on the same day... and we bought the same exact make and model... Yet my chronograph reads consistently faster than his.

 

I watched that the other day. It was good and similar to some things I’ve seen.

 

Me just had to

 

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Consistancy is everything. Same everything. One should read and follow the instructions for that chronograph.
Some chronographs are so senitive that 1 foot difference from the face of the chronograph will give 1 fps less or more.

I had a customer chronographing his bow. I had a mark on the floor for the leading foot. His first shot gave 280 fps. Instead of staying right there, he re-set 1 foot back. I said you'll probably hit 279 fps. His next shot nailed 279 fps.
I once tested several clubs chronographs against my own - 11 clubs. I think 4 or 5 different chronographs. Me doing the testing. They all came within 2 fps of mine and many gave exactly what mine did. One club had a 110 volt chronograph.
The shop I worked for had Competition Electronics Pro Chrono Pal. The florsecent ceiling lights on the Indoor range were Kool Starts. They didn't effect the shop's chronograph or my Shooting Chrony. The shop's gave 295 fps and mine gave 293 fps and consistently.
Our ASA state events, Qualifiers or State Champions. I've seen things that shouldn't happen. My first Championship I stood before the chronograph and asked where I should stand. Well, my 31" front stab was a good 2 feet back of the face of the chronograph. I had checked my speed at home and nailed 286 fps several times in a row. The Championship chronograph gave 282 fps.....Another time I watched the club judge let a man shoot several times before he came down to the max speed limit. He was 2 and 3 faster the max speed for his class.
Another club I was at gave my bow a speed of 269 fps Indoors. My bow nailed 284.5 fps at home, outside. I don't think there was anything wrong with the chronograph. They had a side door open with sunshining shining in. When I went the outside door I looked up to see a fair size transformer.