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16K views 49 replies 29 participants last post by  skillbill  
#1 ·
I am wondering if ppl have had a chance to tinker with these yet. Now granted I don't think I'd use knock off releases for a 60lbs. Or up bow but what about lower poundage bows.
 
#4 ·
I have shot one, surprisingly, it did not malfunction and honestly it was no worse than other releases for 80-110$.
However, I still didn't trust it enough to take more than 6 shots with it.
The trigger is decent if you set it hot, but like most cheap releases, it gets progressively worse, the heavier you set it.
 
#5 ·
Please don't support the knock-off market...They take away business from those who actually spent the time/money developing the product. Almost always they are inferior as well, which in the case of releases is more than just a functional issue but also a safety issue.

To answer your question specifically, yes, people here have reviewed them... They are crap! Inferior metals, looser tolerances, mechanisms that wear quickly, adjustments that don't work properly/repeatably, and fail.
 
#9 ·
I would really have to pass. Tempting I agree but, you are looking at possible catastrophic problems. Could be they are phenomenal, but I doubt it. Stick with proven brands. Yes they are expensive but buy once cry once.


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#10 ·
If you don't trust them enough for 60 pounds, why would you even consider one? You already know they aren't quality products. This comes from the same country that put plastic in their own baby formula. If they don't care about their own children, why would they care about you and your property? Don't get me wrong! We can't buy everything made in the USA. But we shouldn't support those products that are a complete rip off our quality products. You can see from the design that they are made to look like a Carter release. Of course they won't function like one. Just like their baby formula killed thousands of children.

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#12 ·
It has zero to do with the fact that it's made overseas. It has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that it's a counterfeit product, CLEARLY the same design as a Carter Jist Cuz. They look identical, although the counterfeit piece is not even a quarter of the same quality.
 
#14 ·
Know that does bring up a question. Has anybody actually tested there hardness of there metal. Or is there cheapness due to less finish work. Stans and that have a level if sanding and polishing. Maybe they don't do as much. But that is the information that would be cool to know.
 
#15 ·
I don't like copy cat products, like stated, they buy one and copy it. It COULD be as good, it COULD put a company out of business with employees over here on the streets. BUT, some famous bow companies also have their lower line bows made in china, how far up the line they go is a closely guarded secret. But when you order a bow and it takes 12-14 weeks to get it makes you wonder where it is being made. Nothing is made only here anymore, we just have to sort through the junk and make a decision on what we hope is a good product.--BB
 
#18 ·
So at one time Stan made hinge releases and Carter made thumb releases and then around the year 2000, Carter decided to start making hinge releases. Stan gets mad and started making the Avenger (a thumb release). But if another country does this, then it is a nockoff. In the business world, this is called competition and keeps the prices down.
 
#21 ·
Back when Harbor freight sold the non-serrated machete, I purchased one and took it to my brother's machine shop where he does knife making and Gunsmithing. He has a very nice hardness tester. The hardness of a blade is one thing that determines the quality of a knife, especially a machete. My brother was shocked when the CHEAP Chinese machete consistently tested 55 Rockwell throughout the blade. He said this was the perfect hardness for a machete. I went back and purchased a half dozen. All of them tested the same.

I am still using some of the first ones I purchased. I wish I had purchased more because they discontinued those and started making them serrated on the back side, which I don't care for. The only downfall is the plastic handle, which gives up the ghost fairly quickly. But I put on my own wood handles anyway.....an extended handle that makes the machete even more effective. I would not trade my cheap CHINESE made Machetes for anything sold at Walmart, Sears, or anywhere else. One of my friends bought a machete from Walmart and the edge curled badly the first time he used it. It wasn't even 45 Rockwell. And I would argue that it too was most likely made in China. My point is that NOT ALL things made in china is junk.

I have heard from people that actually own them that the Chinese hypodermic broadheads are outstanding. I can buy a dozen with a broadhead case and free shipping for $13.49. We are getting FLEECED when we get charged $45 for THREE identical broadheads, likely made at the same factory. I have a problem feeling sorry for these companies who sent their jobs overseas out of GREED, so they could manufacture at very low cost and still sell at high prices. In most cases, the Chinese didn't have to copy these products and recreate the assembly lines to produce them. They were ALREADY producing most of these items. It funny how the consumers are blamed by many posters here but no blame what-so-ever is given to these manufacturers for sending the jobs overseas. Yes, ignorance is bliss.
 
#37 ·
We are getting FLEECED when we get charged $45 for THREE identical broadheads, likely made at the same factory. I have a problem feeling sorry for these companies who sent their jobs overseas out of GREED, so they could manufacture at very low cost and still sell at high prices. In most cases, the Chinese didn't have to copy these products and recreate the assembly lines to produce them. They were ALREADY producing most of these items. It funny how the consumers are blamed by many posters here but no blame what-so-ever is given to these manufacturers for sending the jobs overseas. Yes, ignorance is bliss.
This is very True! Industry insiders will tell you how unbelievably low $$$ the equipment cost to make and what it sells for.
 
#25 ·
Go listen to the bowjunky podcast from Thursday with Ben Summers. It's about all the embedded taxes and fees that legit manufacturers pay that goes to wildlife conservation and land conservation that the counterfeit companies do pay. A very good listen. Opened my eyes.


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#27 ·
What don't you people get? Again, it's not about overseas manufactured products. It's about blatant copies of designs from actual archery companies, in this case Carter Enterprises. Chinese made stuff can certainly be quality, but when it's re-produced from someone else's blueprint (in other words copied) it's a MAJOR issue. Quit turning this thread into a "overseas product" debate and realize the issue most of us are stating, which is blatantly copied produce that look IDENTICAL to the originals. Clear enough yet?
 
#39 ·
any body ever go to a harbor freight store? every one i have ever went to is always packed, all products made and sold there come from china, how about all the steam irons, kitchen blenders, how about your flash lights, lets talk clothes and shoes, if we quit buying over seas products we all would starve, and walk around naked
 
#40 ·
I would be worried about them being made with junk parts. Nothing like getting a mouth full of fist when your at half draw and something let's loose. These remind me of the cheap knock off scope my buddy bought because it looked exactly like a Leupold mark 4. He thought he was doing great by getting it for 300 instead of the 1300 Leupold charges. Well he ended throwing the POS in the garbage it wasn't worth 100 dollars let alone the 300 he paid for it.