Little difference at all between ILF and Formula except interchangeability, or lack of. You'll have a much wider range of choices with ilf unless you go with MK Archery who has a riser (Alpha) integrating both systems.

Daughter liked tec at first (Eclipse) but later decided it was a nuisance (IonX)

Haven't had much experience with Fiber or Uukha except to try the Uukha, liked it, pretty stiff if you like that sort of thing.

 

OC -

1 . There's no functional difference between the ILF and formula coupling systems, until you realize you're marred to (mostly) Hoyt limbs. And that may become a functional difference (IMHO).

2. Tec risers were always stiffer than single bean risers, but "Hoyt" told a friend that with their latest and greatest, the relative stiffness was about the same. I prefer a stiffer riser, and therefore stay with the older Tec risers. The older single beam risers were more "lively" in the hand and possibly easier on the shooter (both due to less transmitted vibration and "forgiveness"), if you were shooting at a level to feel the difference. Bottom line, personal call.

3. No idea.

4. Go to matches, the more "local" the better, or plan a vacation around LAS.

Viper1 out.

 

I personally didn't like tec bars. I felt as it was too stiff. I also shot a uukha upro light and it had a very dampened shot but felt like a toy...I wish I had bought the heavier upro model as the weight was what I was missing when shooting the upro light. I imagine in the hands of a world class archer it might work out fine for them. I imagine that the fiberbow being even lighter would be worse yet in the average archers hand. That is just my opinion. For someone shooting light weight limbs a lightweigh riser might be fine.

 

Pls note that all 25" risers you mention, and all those you don't mention, are between 1200 and 1400 grams in weight, apart form the Fiberbow. The FB 6.3 is around 660 grams and the new coming FB 6.9 will go close to 600 gr only. It is the only existing 25" riser so light, so shooting it is totally different than shooting any of the others.

 

I prefer Tec bars (GPX) compared to the Horizon.

 

Those two risers have vastly different geometries. A little cheese and chalk.

 

Darren -

You are comparing the stiffest and softest risers Hoyt currently makes.

Viper1 out.

 

As far as soft risers go the nexus was the best riser I ever shot....and apparently others think so too because you hardly ever see them up for sale.

 

Neither do we see many/any of them at top level events.

 

Everyone has their own preferences...i don't like tec bars and I think that the nexus was awesome. And I don't have to be shooting what is at top level competition...I don't care who is getting paid to shoot a red and black jersey.

 

I think that explains why the Nexus is conspicuously missing at these events.