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I don't get involved in these back and forth threads but I will give my experience to maybe help the OP or another hunter trying to decide. When I started bowhunting in the late 90's I was drawing 70 pounds and shooting mechanical heads, mostly 1.5" Spitfires and some 1 3/8"Reapers. I absolutely loved them and could not believe the bloodtrails and how quick the animals would go down. Even at 70 pounds not always complete passes but I know things can happen.
Fast forward 25 years I dropped down to 60 pound bows and tried to adapt with a smaller cut 1.5" +P Rage. In 2017 I shot two deer that should have been a complete passthrough. Both deer were less than 20 yards. One might have been an offside shoulder hit but I never did the autopsy. She was down in 60 yards but the lack of passthrough concerned me. The other deer which was my biggest buck at the time (143") was hit a little far back but perfectly broadside. I was shocked to see the arrow stick in and fail to pass through. I backed out and returned the next morning and found him.
After those two incidents I decided to try the Exodus head and have had complete passthroughs since. Also very good bloodtrails but have not needed to follow because I see them go down. My biggest buck ever was the season of 2018 and I took a hard quartering away shot and the arrow went in the last rib and came out the front of the chest. He was down in seconds but I was thankful that I had a fixed head on. I have heard of (but never experienced) mechanicals cartwheeling or deflecting on hard quartering shots and this was the perfect opportunity for that to happen.
If I was still shooting 70 chances are I would never have switched to fixed. But now after these experiences I am glad I use fixed and probably would not go back to expandables even if I increased to 70 pounds again.
Fast forward 25 years I dropped down to 60 pound bows and tried to adapt with a smaller cut 1.5" +P Rage. In 2017 I shot two deer that should have been a complete passthrough. Both deer were less than 20 yards. One might have been an offside shoulder hit but I never did the autopsy. She was down in 60 yards but the lack of passthrough concerned me. The other deer which was my biggest buck at the time (143") was hit a little far back but perfectly broadside. I was shocked to see the arrow stick in and fail to pass through. I backed out and returned the next morning and found him.
After those two incidents I decided to try the Exodus head and have had complete passthroughs since. Also very good bloodtrails but have not needed to follow because I see them go down. My biggest buck ever was the season of 2018 and I took a hard quartering away shot and the arrow went in the last rib and came out the front of the chest. He was down in seconds but I was thankful that I had a fixed head on. I have heard of (but never experienced) mechanicals cartwheeling or deflecting on hard quartering shots and this was the perfect opportunity for that to happen.
If I was still shooting 70 chances are I would never have switched to fixed. But now after these experiences I am glad I use fixed and probably would not go back to expandables even if I increased to 70 pounds again.