Smoke Broadhead Review

[MooseJuice]

SMOKE BROADHEAD –  REVIEW


Sharpness – 5 out of 5 –

Wow – I cut my thumb getting this out of the package. I’ve also shot the 1 broad head I was sent about 25 times already and it seems to not have dulled one bit. I was getting a complete pass though at 20 yards through 3 pumpkins. This is a serious cutting head.



Accuracy – 5 out of 5 –

Flies like a field tip.  Seriously SMOKED the other blades I shot out of my bow in this category. Most of the other broad heads needed some fine tuning to zero in when I switched from the field tips to the broad heads, but the smoke didn’t need any adjusting. I could switch out the field tip to the blade and hit the same spots with out any thought.



Design – 4 out of 5 –

Great design concept with the blades hidden and then set to deploy when the tip is pressed back into even the slightest resistance of something that resembles a hide. I shot this through soft pears, cardboard, wax paper, a deflated balloon and 3 pumpkins lined up in a row, and then  finally a complete pass through on a deer. It performed great. These tests really gave me a lot of confidence in this blade. I was able to do all these tests with 1 blade and it’s still sharp and still accurate. I shot the same head 2 more times after I rinsed the blood off of it on the same arrow and it performed wonderfully still.

The only reason this isn’t getting a 5 out of 5 is because the broad head deploys while being pushed into the quiver. That’s how sensitive the head is. This is great for cut on contact and penetration but not good for placing into or holding in the quiver. It is easy to reset the blades with a little pocket knife though. I also like how there are no annoying rubber bands to mess with. I’m glad SMOKE was able to get away from those little buggers and come up with this great design. After speaking with the owner of smoke he explained to me how they are in the process of tweaking the design and creating a special insert for your quiver to house the Smoke’s so they won’t deploy in the quiver. He tipped me off letting me know to drill a 5/8” hole in my quiver and he was right it worked perfect.

Field Testing – 5 out of 5

After all the testing in my backyard and at the range I decided it was time to take this head to the field. I used the same head I did all the testing with. I was able to harvest a nice little 4 pointer at 26 yards. The SMOKE did a number on him giving me a complete pass through of both front shoulders. The buck made it 30 yards before expiring. As you can see in the pictures provided I had one heck of a blood trail. This was the easiest tracking job I’ve ever had. After concluding this field test I am very confident in these heads, and would highly recommend these to anyone who wants a serious head that stays sharp and gives you devastating results.



I was able to do all these tests with 1 blade and it’s still sharp and still accurate.  I am very impressed with how this head functioned at the range and in the field.

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Matthew Radewitz - East Greenbush NY

[snoodman]

Sure looks like it did the job and then some    Nice review. 

You actually shot this dude with the same head you've been doing all the testing with?  That's pretty impressive but I don't know if I would have been able to do that personally.  I like "out of the box" heads in my quiver.  You know, no extra reasons for failure like you sometimes hear.  "The blades didn't open" or "they were too dull" or whatever ya know?

I always love the "Blades didn't open" excuse!  Cracks me up.  Now if you've shot the head through all kinds of stuff before hand, then maybe I could see it.  But out of the box?  Not likely.  It's easy to blame the head rather than the guy behind the bow 
 
Anyways, nice write up!