I have been shooting the maxima red's for two years now. You know, the ones advertised on the outdoor channel as "game changers". Anyway, I had been shooting gold tips before and now that I made the switch I love them. Great all around arrow. They fly awesome with field tips, and I shoot them for 3D events, put a broad head, fixed or mechanical on them and they fly the same. They are also very durable. In two years I haven't had an arrow break, and that includes pass through on deer smacking the ground and a couple complete misses that hit the ground pretty hard. I would give them a series consideration. Just make sure you don't buy them straight out of the box. Those have the straight fletch on them, order the shafts bare and get a helical fletch.