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Lots of discussion is made year in and year out about what is easier to draw. Since going to a cam 1/2 style bow I have found a draw cycle I really enjoy. Trying to describe it has been difficult. Here is a quote from PJridge that sums it up.

"Most people thinks the draw cycle on the binaries is really harsh. I for one do not. It is just different than a single cam".

Even though he is reffering to a binary cam on a Bowtech it describes my point of view. "Just different".

For me after drawing several of the bows on the market today and shooting several bows I really enjoy the draw cycle of my AR34 cam 1/2. Many claim the draw cycle on single cams are smoother, I disagree they are just different. Have fun! :)
 
In the bows that I have drawn/shot it seems that the style of cam also directly affects the Valley/back wall. I focus more on that than anything. It seems to me that the 1/2 cams that I have drawn have too much creep (spongey back wall) Honestly it has been quite a while since I have shot a single cam bow.

That being said I perfer the binary (bowtech) more for the adjustable post. They say the post is to adjust let off(and it does directly affect the let off), but use it to fine tune my valley/back wall. I love an abrubt stop when I come to the end of my dray, and I want it to stay solid until the shot.

There is no one size fits all bow. It is all personal preferance. Happy shooting!
 
Every cam style has a different force/draw curve . Not all single cams are smooth ,and not all hybrid cams are harsh . I like single cam bows better than most of the hybrids cams , because the ones I shoot are smoother .
You can't categorize all single cams or all hybrid cams into smooth drawing or harsh drawing , as the cam designs of both will vary greatly .
The harshest drawing cam bow I have owned was a radical single cam .
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Over the summer I tried several bows from different manufacturers. I have been "toying" with the idea of buying a new bow. After trying all the latest and greatest I came to a conclusion that there was nothing out there that I liked better than what I had currently. Great bows, but nothing that after the shot I had the "wow factor".
One thing I did realize is that if the draw length was different it was not a fair comparison.
 
One thing I have experimented with on my single cam Kodiak Outdoors Titan was moving the draw stop around in relation to moving the draw module to achieve a letoff valley that suited my tastes as well as being the exact draw length .
I think the letoff percentage and the valley have as much impact on the draw cycle characteristics as the cam design . A short valley @65% letoff on a single cam will feel more harsh than a 80% letoff with a longer valley on a hybrid cam , assuming draw length are the same .
 
Me personally, I like a short valley, 65% let off and a solid wall. This is a back tension shooters set-up. The harshness of a single cam really is felt at the exact point of cam roll over. On my Rival Pro it isn't that noticeable to me but when I was shooting indoor spots it was enough for the motion to cause my holding arm elbow to have some pain. Which of course I was shooting an excessive amount of arrows a day. I have played around with draw stop pegs and never have really found one that I truly felt was good for me. I had a PSE once that for a 2 "cammer" was a smooth as 11 year old Scotch. I feel one over looked area on the bow and it's effect on accuracy is the angle of the grip. I think a bow manufacturer should make several different grips with different angles for shooters to find which one is best for them. Martin has done with and I have toyed with them some. The bow I was experimenting on didn't suit me at all and the angles on the grips and string/draw angles caused my shoulder to be in an awkward position that caused me to have excruciating pain in my shoulder. But this is the reason that there are so many different companies and it is best for a person that is in the market for a new bow to shoot as many different bows as they can.
 

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