I’m glad the original didn’t have the flex fingers… I knew it was coming soon and I’m glad I bought a 2nd one before the Flex dropped.

The magnet head…. Ok it’s fine. But I don’t care if I have it or not. Been shooting a hinge so long it’s not worth thinking about hunting or target shooting for me.

Lanyard attachment… cool I guess but I don’t care. None of my other releases have it so it’s not a biggie.

 

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What this guy said.

 

I am happy they made these changes. The FLEX and the magnet are the two things I wanted over my original I still own. I feel the original has more of a sweep that resembles the HT and I prefer the straightness of my HBC's and more of a hook on the end.

I will say and still stand by this statement that NONE of the other two moon systems that are out there compare to the Executive. I set mine out of the box and have not touched it since! Rock solid! I can't say that for the well over a dozen UV H2's I have owned, returned, owned, returned....and still own and STILL adjusting the ever changing moons.

 

I got mine today. Scratching my head why they have a magnet for the hook but not for the head. So yes it is nice for hunting that the hook now stays locked in and ready but the head on mine still flops back and forth and makes noise 🤔

 

 

Great review as always!

Other than the adjustable neck and flex attachment how does the moons and their travel and click adjustments compare to the Scott Ascent?

 

So on the executive flex, are the moons set up where once you get your click to fire speed where you want it and if you want to adjust where the click happens in your shot setup, do both moons move together as one to make that happen? Like on the Scott select hinge?

 

Yes, you can set the click and lock it onto the speed moon. It's not like the Carter NV or Total Control, or the UV Hinge 2.0 where they move independently and can't be locked together.

 

I've found that I like a very short click in my hinges. The problem with the UV2 was it felt I couldn't get the click short enough without the click turning off completely. I've been testing out a friend's HBC and like it a lot, so just ordered an HBC flex. How would you say the overall feel of the Executive Flex compares to the HBC. Sorry if you discussed this in the video, I plan to watch it later.

 

The HBC Flex and Executive Flex have a very similar handle shape (they match if you lay them on top of each other). The HBC is a little thinner and has a more aggressive taper, and doesn't have any checkering on the finger beds of the release body.

The Flex fingers have texturing on them, and the Executive Flex's middle finger bed has the same texture. The Flex fingers for the HBC are tapered (which is exclusive to that model), and the Executive's are straight.

Executing the shot feels similar between them, but the Executive feels pretty effortless to shoot because of the angle of the head. The HBC is close, but takes a little more movement for me.

 

This hinge looks good and I may be tempted to give one a try. Your video helped with that as I hadn't read up about the hinge much prior to watching the video.

It'd have to be very good to have me want to use it over my Scott Ascents.

 

Thank you for watching. There's not a lot of info out on them yet, so I tried to put a video together as fast as I could after I received mine. Looks like I beat TRU Ball and LAS to it on YouTube 😁.

I think it's a winner, but the Ascent is a fine piece of kit in and of itself.

I just got a second camera, so I'll try to get some more footage at the range using it.

 

@tialloydragon
In your video, you mention that you would prefer the small size of the Executive but the medium works ok too.
Just for reference, what size of Stan Onnex thumb fits you best?

 

I use a Large Stan OnneX. I can fit into a medium but the large still feels "fitted".

For TRU Ball, the small sits between medium and large Onnex, their medium equates to a size between the large and XL, and the large is between the XL and XXL. I have printouts on my website available for download if you want to see them IRL.

The index and middle fingers are fine on the Executive Medium for me, but the area that makes all the difference with TRU Ball is the Flex fingers. The Larges and Mediums use the same size Flex fingers, and the 3-finger is oversized slightly. The 4-Finger feels well-sized for a medium release, but as a 3-Finger, the ring finger feels too big.

On the Small they use the pinky finger piece from the 4-Finger as the 3-Finger hook, so it actually feels "fitted".

Stan does it right by having each size have it's own corresponding finger attachments. It's gotta be rough machining all those parts, but it really makes a big difference in the fitment.

 

Don't get the staggered release dates of the different sizes...just put out all of them when you're ready to launch.

 

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I've had the executive for a couple month now and I really like it. My only complaint is the thumb peg. It feels really thin and weak. I've noticed it's started to bend a bit from constant use. The other thing with the peg is that it always seems to want to unscrew itself as I'm drawing, which is really annoying. I wonder if they're going to come out with any other type of peg that would fit it and feel better. I really like this release otherwise.

 

Agreed. I can't say I've had issues with mine unscrewing, but it's definitely a weak point and I wish it was beefier and had some kind of adjustability.

@aerodan hint, hint.