Hoyt G3 vs. FX...?

[Cakemeister]

Comparable...? G3 seem to be the pinnacle but some people prefer FXs. I'm going to get some new limbs soon...Aaardvark doesn't stock FXs though.

[Bald Eagle]

I don't blame them!! Check out the limb tips,give them a twist, that's what they do when you shoot them! G3's, superb, like Border, good limbs ,but for half the price try Seb Flute carbon foam, brilliant!

[JohnK]

Even Hoyt employees have said that the FX limb was a little "unforgiving" (whatever that means). G3s are a safer bet, although personally I prefer Border limbs.

The FX was probably the one of the fastes limbs ever made by Hoyt, but flawed, no longer in production due to the reasons other people have mentioned. I had a pair, Max still does. They are very nice to shoot. very smooth and fast. However they can suffer twisting at the tips. If you can get your hands on a good pair I would recomend them, other than that between the FX and G3 the G3 is a safer limb to spend your cash on.

I had a pair of Everest pro limbs. They felt identical to Hoyt G3's and about £100 cheaper.

[Bald Eagle]

And Seb Flute at half the price are equally as good!

[Max]

OK - I have both FX and G3 limbs at 68" and 38lb. There is a little twist to my lower limb tip on the FX which does not seem to affect its performance, BUT I have seen FX's with fairly bad twist to the tips. The FX and G3 feel (to me) toally different. I love the FX, it is so smooth through the clicker, while the G3 feels to stack by comparison (it does not stack, but this puts how the FX feels to me into context).

Given that I have seen more than one pair of FX limbs with tip twist, I would always recommend a buyer see and string the limbs before buying. I can believe that the FX is a little unstable, but this may in part be due to the lower brace hieght recommended by Hoyt (typically 1/2" lower than a comparable 68" limb). Maybe this is because the power curve kickes in lower down the draw, due the the thin tips? (this is only my assumption). I can single out the FX as something special and it is a shame it went out of production (although I never heard a definitive answer as to why).

[sky_high30]

I have FX's...mine don't look like they've twisted. If they have, they've done it by an equal ammount because the Beiter limb clip things show it as being perfect...And there's no visible sign of twisting.

Originally Posted by sky_high30

I have FX's...mine don't look like they've twisted. If they have, they've done it by an equal ammount because the Beiter limb clip things show it as being perfect...And there's no visible sign of twisting.

All the more reason to hang onto them Sky_high.

[TJ Mason]

I believe the M1 is an update of the FX. Are FXs out of production?

Having said that, I've just ordered some G3s for my Axis, even though the Axis was designed for FX limbs.

[peeptheduck]

I have had FX's and G3's, and the G3's are IMHO much smoother. They might stack slightly more, but they are WAY more forgiving. The extra speed I got out of the FX's wasn't worth how perfectly they needed to be shot.

In the hands of a true pro(!) they would shoot brilliantly, but for someone of clumsy as me, I just couldn't control them!

I hear that the Winnex limbs have managed to combine this speed, with controllable forgiving limbs. I haven't tried them.

Once I changed from FX's to G3's, my PB went up by about 20 points on a Portsmouth.

Just my 2 cents worth!!