Alright I am just curious to hear some opinions on this topic here. I own both and shoot both and to be honest do not SEE a difference. What is the true reason for blazers? Do you gain speed or is it more of a marketing/looks cool thing? 
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Alright I am just curious to hear some opinions on this topic here. I own both and shoot both and to be honest do not SEE a difference. What is the true reason for blazers? Do you gain speed or is it more of a marketing/looks cool thing?
Funny, I am looking into these as well. I know they are quieter (at least I’ve heard) come on folks, let’s hear about them
Im not a fan of blazers. I shot them for several years, and you could hear them in mid-air. I switched after witnessing several deer duck due to the noise. You’ll get a more true flight with them, and broadheads tend to fly just like field tips.
Technically, Blazers are about 4X heavier than feathers and do not stabilize arrows as well as the air “slides” over them. They are slower in flight.
But feathers are more expensive than plastics and you cannot manufacture them…so the industry promotes and sells a lot more plastic.
Something I like is a feather Blazer called a Rayzer…made in USA 
I shot feathers for a few years but the past 5 or 6 years I have been shooting Blazers. Feathers are in fact lighter and on that end of the arrow it’s important. It helps keep your front of center where you need it without having to add weight to the broadhead end. My complaint with feathers is they don’t take moisture very well. You get them wet and they tend to wanna lay flat. Or if they get full of snow it sticks to them too. Plus feathers are not as durable as a Blazer. Seems like I was always refletching arrows. On a positive note feathers will stabilize an arrow fast than a Blazer. I have had nothing but good luck with Blazers. They are short,light weight (considering they are plastic), durable and weather conditions don’t affect them.
Like any thing you will probably talk to 10 people and get 10 different opinions but that’s my 2 cents on the topic anyway
Good point about FOC Lucas…
A lot also depends on whether your bow is properly set up and tuned. Drop away rests aided the popularity of the Blazer style plastic vanes…but they also are critical of set up and timing of the rests execution.
When people bring their bows to my shop, the two biggest problems I find are bows not tuned or set up properly, and/or mis matched arrows…
There are several products out now to waterproof your feathers, also the good old plastic baggie on the quiver works…
My favorite saying…
Speed is useless w/o accuracy… 
I’d switched to Blazers a few years ago when I was still using a Whisker Biscuit rest – they produced far less drag going through the whiskers. This was demonstrated to me by loading an arrow (but not knocking it on the string), turning the bow so the arrow was facing the ground and releasing it through the rest. Gravity alone “shot” the arrow through the rest. With conventional 4″ plastic vanes, the arrow would not make it through the whiskers. With Blazers, the arrow fell all the way through the whiskers.
Then I switched to a drop-away rest and was having clearance issues with the higher profiled Blazers, so I went back to vanes.
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