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Phase 4 33 vs Lift Comparison

19K views 50 replies 29 participants last post by  bosslevi48  
I haven't personally shot it bc I'm a lefty, and no shop has any, but I've been on the forums and know what people are saying. Being my first bow, I've been going back and fourth on whether or not I should wait 3-14weeks. I do have a deposit on Lift 29.5, but also considering just getting a phase 4 instead.

Obviously a lot of this is on personal preference, and varies person to person.

Lift appears to be better than Phase 4 in the following categories
-Balance / Hold / Lighter - Seemed to be biggest difference
-Slightly quieter
-About the same dead in hand
-3-8 FPS quicker (I've seen mixed)
-Match String - I've noticed most people swapped the old zebra on phase 4 immediately

Only complaints I've heard so far is
-Draw / backwall dump appeared to be a bit more aggressive but very steady once in the backwall
-Some shops have experienced more cam lean / out of spec out of box than phase 4
-Cams appear to be more shallow
-Some people have reported derailments (Only time will tell if this is an issue, but it appears to be pretty isolated)