Trying something new

[Carpdaddy]

And Kirk be right, they are said to be the best, I'm just too tight to know. I hear the Arizona EZ fletch is good. I got some off brand cheap one that I have use 20-25 years now.

[Dan]

I'm using four 3.5 in feathers right now.

Larry gets by on half the money with his two fletched arrows. I'm seeing more of the four fletch, should work good but my cheap fletcher only does three. I haven't looked at feathers in so long that I wasn't aware that they even came in 3.5". I'm guessing they work well for you Dan?

3Rivers had them on sale for cheap so I thought i'd give them a try. The 3.5 in 4 fletch has been working out great for me.

[Dan]

I have a Bitz fletching jig.

[Captainkirk]

Of course you'd pick option "C", Kirk!

You expected different?

And Kirk be right, they are said to be the best, I'm just too tight to know. I hear the Arizona EZ fletch is good. I got some off brand cheap one that I have use 20-25 years now.

They are not the cheapest, but I believe them to be the best.
My only squawk about the one I bought is that I bought R/H fletch and all my custom arrows are L/H fletch! So I can't just change one feather; I have to re-do the whole thing.
Oh, well. Makes no diff if you're building your own.
It IS a quality piece of equipment. The Bohning and EZ are both about half the price, but think of it this way: at twice the price of either you get a real precision tool made out of metal, not plastic. Most outlast their owners. Glue and adhesives are easily removed; not so on the plastic jigs. It's got a magnet so strong it'll yank the fillings out of your teeth. The only thing I can say negative is that you are fletching one arrow at a time, one fletch at a time (same as the Bohning). The EZ-Fletch can do three at once and the JoJan MultiFletch can do one fletch on a half dozen arrows at once. But, is that REALLY necessary?









Oh yeah,and it's Made in USA. (being Canadian, you probably don't care, but it matters to me!)

Well...you asked!

[Gamestalker]

Like Kirk & Dan, I have a Bitzenberger that I bought in the 1970's & I'm still using it. I don't need to do fast production runs of arrows, so I'm very happy only doing one fletch at a time with it.

[Cookies]

Thanks everyone for all the input! Tony, I may have to take you up on that offer...meantime I will pick up some 4" from my local bow shop (cheaper than BP and it's around the corner from work)

As it stands, I'm bound by time and money constraints. I'd love to be able to buy a Bitz or a Jojan fletcher, but then I wouldn't be able to afford a rows to fletch! I ended up ordering the EZ-Fletch, because it's geared towards total newcomers like myself; it's super compact, so I can store it I a drawer (I don't have a workshop or much of a garage) and it's fast. I need the speed because with a toddler running about, I only have an hour or two on weekend mornings to do my own thing before she wakes up and glues a feather to her hand. One day I'll upgrade to something metal, but not until I have somewhere to keep it.

I'll let everyone know how it works! According to the website, it'll do 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6-fletch arrows.
We will see

[Captainkirk]

Please do! I am thinking about getting one for my son as a B-day gift in February.

[Kybownut]

Please do! I am thinking about getting one for my son as a B-day gift in February.

I used one on aluminum and it worked great, also used it on a few woodies with no problem