No Cam

[MuleySniper]

The new Mathews No Cam looks interesting... Anyone going to buy one? I just got a new bow a couple months ago so I have no intentions on one for now but I would like to shoot one.

[JBar]

Interesting design and I won't bad mouth the bows without shooting them (I'm a long time Mathews shooter) but "holy ugly stick" batman! I would have to think it would be pretty smooth but they sure aren't getting speeds I would expect from a 6 1/2" BH bow. Until Mathews does something to WOW me I'll keep my Drenalin, Heli'm , hunt with my Energy 32 and will try the Hoyt Matrix G3 I picked up. 5 Years ago I would have never ventured away from Mathews.

[RadSav]

I think if they really tried they could have made it uglier...but they would have had to of tried REALLY hard

Funny to call it a "No Cam" when it does have a cam just does not look like the typical modern cam.  Should be smooth, should be quiet and I like the super short limb.  Should be a nice shooter.  Though I expect the HTR to be a very slow 330.  I'm also very surprised they went without a yoke and a dual power lobe like the Monster cam.

I like how you take 20 year old technology, change the packaging, make a nice video and claim it as "Cutting Edge"!!

[MuleySniper]

I like my z7xt, going from a switchback xt. I like the idea of different why I'd kind of like to shoot one although I hope I'm not regretting looking into the energy 32 more. I can't find a bad review on an elite.other than the weight

[RadSav]

I like my z7xt, going from a switchback xt. I like the idea of different why I'd kind of like to shoot one although I hope I'm not regretting looking into the energy 32 more. I can't find a bad review on an elite.other than the weight

Either Elite or NoCam would be miles ahead of the Z7 IMO.  Heck, The Mission Blaze at around $500 is miles ahead of the Z7 in my opinion!

I still think the Switchback may be the very best bow Mathews has ever made.  Though I do really like the newer Chill models.

[D-Rock425]

I did like the drenalin.  No cam looks interesting ill be shooting one this week.

[RadSav]

I did like the drenalin.  No cam looks interesting ill be shooting one this week.

Drenalin   My Mathews friends called it the pencil limb explosion factory!

[Jonathan_S]

I did like the drenalin.  No cam looks interesting ill be shooting one this week.

Drenalin   My Mathews friends called it the pencil limb explosion factory!

 

[MuleySniper]

I like my z7xt, going from a switchback xt. I like the idea of different why I'd kind of like to shoot one although I hope I'm not regretting looking into the energy 32 more. I can't find a bad review on an elite.other than the weight

Either Elite or NoCam would be miles ahead of the Z7 IMO.  Heck, The Mission Blaze at around $500 is miles ahead of the Z7 in my opinion!

I still think the Switchback may be the very best bow Mathews has ever made.  Though I do really like the newer Chill models.

I liked my sb and kind of regretted selling it I was just in the market for "something new" . Happy with my z7, I wanted something a little lighter feeling than my sb.

[MuleySniper]

Yeah I heard horror stories about the drenalin. Mathews phased out physics on that design for sure

[RadSav]

Drenalin was probably the biggest advertising campaign for Hoyt ever.  So many Mathews guys I know made the switch to Hoyt during the Drenalin years.  Very few ever went back!

[Jellymon]

 

Word is the cables are extremely close to the wheels/cams so mathews put a plastic sleeve on the cables to protect them, and that sleeve is rubbing the wheels/cams. Looks like mathews band-aided a flaw in the design. No thanks. I wouldn't buy a first generation like this, it's a good idea to wait until it's proven and the bugs are worked out.

[xXLojackXx]

I believe my dad has an old "no cam" compound bow from about 1983 that I could shoot for free. Plus being 30 years old it still looks better than that new waffle riser    and it can't be much slower than what Mathews just released

[RadSav]

Back then we called them eccentrics   Maybe "Eccentric" is what Mathews is after   It is a nice design and I'm sure Mathews will add a couple million dollars worth of syrup to those waffles to help make them more palatable.  330 with 6 5/8" brace puts them right in Hoyts wheelhouse.  Don't think my 1980's eccentric bows ever made it past the 240 mark.  Although our limbs back then would never have held up to shooting a five grain arrow either!

I think it will be a good bow.  Just not sure why it's cam lobe is not a dual with yoke.  Maybe they were going for lighter weight and more efficiency for speed than balanced perfection like their Monster/Chill cams.   I'm looking forward to shooting it.  Doubt I will get one, but I do think it will be fun to play with at the shop!

[pianoman9701]

I shot one at Archery World yesterday and they're an amazing bow. The release is dead quiet and there's almost no shock at all. If I thought i could skip two mortgage payments, I'd buy one. Yes, I have a fairly low mortgage payment. The tag on the bow as for $1,099.