BEST AFFORDABLE USA MADE BOW (Bob Garner Bow Review)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] What's up, guys? It's Future Cass here. I had to interrupt Crimmer real quick because I wanted to let you know this bow is available to buy right now, but don't click the link in the description yet. Watch the rest of this video. I want to know exactly what you would be getting if you buy this bow. It's not for everyone, but it just might be for you. This is the Bob Garner bow, and I'm going to review it today. But like all the bow reviews I do, I try to give unbiased facts. The problem is I'm extremely biased with this bow. I designed it. I built it. I've put countless hours into it. With that said, I'm going to tell you who this isn't for, cuz I'd be kidding myself and lying to you if I said this was for everyone. But I'd also be lying if I said that this was only made for a tiny group of people. Because the idea behind this bow was to make a bow that was built off of your request. Everything you liked and don't like in bows. This is the middle of all of that. Four years ago, I started reviewing bows and I came up with a framework to try to be able to compare them to each other. Although the framework isn't perfect, it still gives us an idea of how a bow will compare to others. There's five things we're going to measure: specs, speed, smoothness, snagability, and sacrifice. So, first, let's jump right into the specs. The Bob Garner bow, named after my grandpa, has a 60-in ammo, 56-in bow string, a max draw length of 34 in, but it also shoots great at 24 in. I've tested it to 36 in draw. It doesn't stack. No, I show you. The draw weight is available in 5 lb increments from 25 lb up to 60 lb. It comes in both left and right-handed configurations. The handle is made of solid hickory, but there are variations in the color depending on the exact bow you get. Its focus is on essential functionality without the unnecessary extras, keeping it simple and cost-effective. The bow features hickory tip overlays and fiberglass limbs. It is a three-piece bow, so there's take down hardware, which the bow comes with. It also comes with the bow string, the arrow shelf, etc. But depending on how Cass breaks it down in the listing, you may be able to add some of those things on or keep them completely off for the cheapest possible bow. It's a recurrip style bow. I built the mountain bow series. I came up with a bunch of different designs of bows. There was two that were really good. One I turned into a wood style bow. The other one I turned into something I called the mountain bow. I did a run of these. I sold four or five of these in the past. This is styled off of that, but I also took inspiration from my grandpa's old recurve bow as well. Then I tested out as many of the designs as I could to just dial it in to make it shoot as good as I could. Secondly, let's do a speed test. Now I have a 40 lb bow right here. Let's test out what the speed is like. Can you weigh one of these arrows for me? I think the scale needs I think we need to use the other scale for the accuracy. 71. Is that slow you're saying or fast? 1679 with a 400 grain arrow and a 40 lb bow. 10 grain per pound of draw weight arrow. So averaged 170 ft per second. That is with beaver string silencers and a D97 string. Pop off the beaver string silencers and you get up to 174 feet per second. Go to a fast light string and you get up to 179 feet per second. So, as far as the speed goes, it's definitely not the fastest bow, but it's not the slowest. I'd give it a 6 and 1/2 out of 10 on the speed test. Now, smoothness. How smooth is this bow when you shoot it? I don't know if I should give it a 10 out of 10 or a 9 out of 10, but it is stinking smooth. I designed the bow with that in mind, knowing that smoothness matters a whole lot more than speed. Because how it feels with it being smooth relates to accuracy more than speed as long as you're shooting within 25 yards. Yes, speed will keep the arrow from dropping is fast. But if you have a fast bow that's has a lot of vibration, it's harder to be accurate than a bow that's smooth to draw and feel smooth when you release. So, I'll go with a nine. Nine out of 10 on smoothness. [Music] Snagability is how easy is it to pick up, shoot, and be accurate with quick. I've done this test by myself, and I'm a better archer than I was four years ago, so I can't compare like my scores now to four years ago. This bow scored above all the other bows in my testing on snag ability. But I didn't like just pick this up for the first time and start shooting it because I've built 50 versions of this bow and been dialing it in. So by the time I got the finished version, it's very snaggable for me. So I had my brother shoot it and I had other people at ShadowProof shoot it. And so this is proof first time cast to shoot this specific bow that it goes where you want it to. You did get a good shot. I'm telling you, it's just accurate. See, I'm not showing definitive proof of anything here, but cat shooting this for the first time, this experience happens with many people. This is from 13 yd, so it's not a long ways. But what people keep saying is it's so easy to shoot. And it's a 40 lb, but feels like a 33lb boat. The consensus is consistent. The arrows fly like missiles. The bows cut to center shot and the left and right miss is very infrequent with this bow. On the snagability test, I'm going to give it a nine as well. Maybe a 10. I'll give it a 10 because that is the best thing about this bow is that you can pick it up and shoot it and it's easy to shoot right away. get arrows that are close to being tuned and it shoots the arrows straight and smooth and accurately from the start. I'm not just saying this. I've had a lot of people test this bow out and try it and everyone says the same thing. They're like, "It's easier to hit where I'm aiming and that's the goal of this bow." So, I'm pretty happy about that. Now, what's the sacrifice for this bow? As far as the price goes, I'm actually not sure because Cass hits all the prices and stuff. So, I'm going to call him and see if he'll give us the information. I think it's 600. Hello. Hey, I just wanted to double check on the price for the Bob Garner bow. And you're thinking 600, right? Uh, no. Seven. I was thinking a different price than that. What are you thinking? Well, what I was thinking is for the people who do the pre-order, giving them to them for 299 and then like 299. Yeah. 299. Basically 300 bucks and then do a pre-order for a week and then after the pre-order is done, sell them for 3.99. Uh are are you positive about that? Yeah, I got all planned out. Are you going to make any money? Um, I'm really just trying to help more people enjoy my archery. So, yes. Well, are you going to go out of business? No, we'll make we'll make some money because somebody's been working on the systems to make it really fast. So, as long as we can keep the cost of materials down and we can become more and more skilled, we'll be good to go. All right. You're crazy. Um, if I would have sold this custom bow two months ago, it, you know, it would have been $1,400. Oh, I would have priced it for at least $1,200. You're crazy. Okay. Um, but this is the people's bow. That's right. It's the people's bow, so we better do some volume, huh? Yeah. Yeah, that's I I thought about trying to make it where it's like we go out of stock and increase demand, all that, but I'm like, no, that's not this bow. Yeah, this bow is for everybody and so we're going to stay in stock and if we can't keep up, we'll just put a lead time on it. All righty, sounds good. So, 299 for one week. Uh, and then 300 continuing on from there is the plan. 299 for the near future. 400. Okay, perfect. Wow. Um, hey, does that include bow string or like is is there options to like add bowring beaver? Do you know how you're going to do all that? Yeah. So, that's going to include it's going to be free shipping. It's going to include a D97 Flemish twist bow string, beaver string silencers, arrow rest, limb silencers, and shatterproof archery. Stellar customer service. Oh gosh, you're crazy. Um, that's I want I want it to feel like a steal. Well, that I mean, what the the accessories you just listed are hundred bucks and so Uhhuh. That's a $200 bow um for this first promo. That's crazy. Okay. Well, you're in charge, so you got this. Um I'll just make sure they're made. Awesome. All righty. Appreciate it. Thank you. I'll talk to you later. All right. All right. Bye. Bye. Bye. What in the world? Oh, I hope he doesn't regret this. Oh gosh. So, who is this for? Well, it's not the fastest bow. So, if your goal is chasing speed over accuracy, this isn't it. And this bow currently is sold only online. So, if you're somebody who likes to go to an archery shop, try out 10 or 20 bows, find the one you like the best, and then purchase it, this one's not for you. Now, one day this likely and hopefully will be in those archery shops and will be one of the 20 you grab and hopefully will be your number one choice. And I'm confident it can compete for that. But for today, if you're looking for a bow with zero risk that you can buy online, this would be it. What What do I mean by zero risk? Well, it has a low cost. The value, I believe, exceeds the cost dramatically, but we want to provide more value than the cost. So, it's a no-brainer. But it's not just that. And that's how I've approached customer service. That's how Cass approaches customer service. Good example, my very first bow launch ever. It was like 3ish years ago. It's almost embarrassing to look back on some of those bows because of how much I've improved over the past 3 years. And I can still pick those up and shoot them and they shoot pretty good. But I see details now that I that I just didn't have the training for that. Anyway, a guy reached out who purchased one of the original first bows I built. And I cut the arrow shelf in too far on a one piece bow that the fiberglass was really thin and the fiberglass split up right there and his bow broke. Devastating. The worst thing that could happen. So, our 30-day guarantee, psych, we don't have a 30-day guarantee. This guy reached out 3 years after he purchased the bow. What did I do? Well, I don't make that version anymore. So, I sent him a new bow. I sent him this bow. I sent him a bow that is much, much better than what he originally purchased. Free of cost, free shipping, everything. Because I take care of the people who trust us with their business. There's enough bad actors on the internet. And I think if I would have bought a bow from somebody I watched a video from and it broke on me, what would I have wanted them to do? I would have wanted them to replace it. So, do to others as you'd have them do to you. It tends to work out pretty good in life. So, when I say almost no risk, it's because the cost is low and because we guarantee to take care of you. Sure, some people have taken advantage of that motto before. But I've learned that if you treat people with respect, they want to do the same. Back to you. So, this is the Bob Garner bow. Brand spanking new. I am more proud of this bow than possibly anything I've done with archery. The reason is is because with this one, instead of making what my preference is, I took all of what you guys wanted and I combined it into one bow. And it turns out that when you do that, you end up with a better result. And so I am very proud to offer you the Bob Garner bow signed with Grandpa Bob, my grandpa Cass's grandpa's actual signature with approval from his wife. So, Grandma, thank you for letting us do this in memory of him. And Grandpa, I hope this bow would make you proud. And with that, stay shatterproof, my friends. I'll see you on the next video. And if this bow seems like a good choice for you, we'd be honored. And if it doesn't seem like a good choice for you, don't get it because we are for you. See you guys later.