Samick Extreme vs Hoyt G3

[Ffish]

My beloved Everest Pro's decided that after 9 months of service (3 times a week) they'd offer themselves up for an early retirement at the weekend. I'd only shot 5 dozen of the Hereford round I was shooting - didn't even make it to the lunch break. But they let go, the entire limb tip came apart, and they were gradually eating their way through my string in the process of delaminating. Thankfully it was noticed by an observant archer between ends, and not whilst I was at full draw.

So I trotted off to Stan at Aim4sport who kindly allowed me to swap them for whatever he had in my size/weight, which turned out to be a choice of either a pair of Samick Extremes or Hoyt G3's. (plus a £50 top up on the cost of the Everests).

Now I'm not a great one for buying something "just because everyone else has got it", and I have to admit that the G3's were already on the back foot before I'd even tried them, purely because I like to be a little bit idiosyncratic. But I shot about 3 dozen with each pair at Stan's shop yesterday, and the difference was quite remarkable.

By comparison, the G3's felt like sponges to draw, and if I hadn't read the labels on them with own eyes, I'd have said they were 2lbs lighter than the Extremes. They were sluggish, lethargic and generally felt like something that costs £100 less than they should.

The Extremes, on the other hand were fast, punchy and raised my sight marks by 2 points across the entire scale. And dead quiet too.

No contest really - if you like your limbs to feel like a wet lettuce, get the G3's, but if you like a bit of 'zing' in your shots, I can highly recommend Samick Extremes.

I then spent the entire afternoon up at the club getting the feel of them, and I think I'm going to like them!

[moo-mop]

In my (and others) experience of buying Samick limbs if the two sets of limbs were marked at the same weight @28 then your G3s would in fact be lighter than the Samick, so unless you actually weighed them up at the same weight at full draw (or even better throughout the draw force curve) your experience wouldn't surprise me one bit - it doesn't quite say what you're implying 'bout the limbs.

[hollowpoint]

Have u guys ever tried Winex? I've watched a short video clip from their site.
::Professionalism & Strength ::
It looks pretty cool! But how do u guys feel about Winex?

[grahamc]

I read on the sagitarius forum (google sagitarius archery), and they had some comments around G3s de-laminating, obviously not a good thing.

I must admit that I will not buy hoyt limbs again. I had a nice set of M1s, and then one morning they decided to warp. I only noticed once I had gotten to the line, and my string was not straight... They have come back in line now, but are still not 100%. I now have the winex carbon foams on order...

[grantwomack]

I've noticed that my Samick limbs marked 44# are actually closer to 46# limbs. This is a common characteristic of Extremes though.

[grahamc]

I also struggled to get the extra 10% out of the hoyt limbs, had to really push up the bracing height.

[Erika]

I love my G3s much more than my old Extremes.

[Rhys]

After a talk with a certain user of high speed cameras I would always go Hoyt over Samick.

Although this was before the extremes and i've never had personal experience of them

[Hidden Hippo]

Glad you like the new limbs. I have to say, now that I've been shooting them for a while, my G3's do feel a little "spongy". They didn't at first, although that was because I moved from pulling 28# on the fingers to 32# on the fingers, which would probably have had something to do with it. I might have a look at the Extremes or the Winex's if I decide to change them.

[John (OSF)]

G3's were smooth (never spongey) and reliable but winnex seem more 'refined' and lighter .
As usual it's a personal thing and no two archers will feel the same thing (probably)