Xpectre, Inc Rapture

Its Great! I don't understand why people review it bad. It is a survival bow meant for survival, not a practice bow. I would of course test it out but I would practice on a better made bow that was meant for practice. If you practice with this I'm sure after a hundred or so shots you will have some type of problem. It was only meant to be used once in a while for survival, not every day. I bought this to add to my survival gear. Great for what it was meant for.

Except for the arrow rest and sharp edges of where one grips the bow its an excellent product. Arrow rest can be taken out and replaced with a standard one, just make sure there is enough padding to raise it orelse get used to missing targets to the right. As for the grip, i used tennis wrap. Use carbon arrows and avoid wood arrows as the thickness and roughness of spine of wood arrows will not give consistent results.

Xpectre, from what i've been able to gather is a mom and pop shop. One would expect decent customer service, but my experience was pretty bad. I guess they have better things to do. Again, this would be forgivable if the bow they sell was of decent quality. I ordered the bow on this site, but ended up cancelling the order since the one on amazon isnt the 45/55 # version and obtaining it directly from the Xpectre site. They took my money immediately but didnt ship for several days. I was told, after a few emails that their entire office got the flu, so that's forgivable. Can't fault them for that. I received the bow and noticed that the arrow rest was different from the one pictured. It's NOT removable. Again, i contacted them several times to see if there was some trick to it. The bolt seems like it should twist out, but apparently it's not threaded into the riser. When i finally got in contact with someone at the office by calling (they didnt answer these emails) i was told the bolts are "locktited" into the riser. The website and reviews i've seen online clearly say the arrow rest is removable. The woman on the phone said she would talk to her husband, the man who designed the bows and see if there was a way around it. Never heard back from her. At this point i'm getting pretty frustrated with them. So....they say the bolt is adhesed to the riser or nut within the riser with locktite screw glue. That didnt make much sense to me since the bolt would spin but wouldnt lossen. Anyway, i ended up having to pry the damn thing out with pliers. Again, it didnt/doesnt appear that the bolt was connected to any nut or anything.... Whatever, i got a it off. I strung up the bow using a longbow stringer and fired a few arrows through it. Not bad, not bad. I put maybe 20 arrows through during a family cookout. This is my first bow so i kind of suck at shooting, but the arrows flew true. Unstrung using the same tool and shot again the next weekend. The third time i strung it up one of the limbs cracked horribly at the base. It's important to mention that the limbs can be bent eitherway, and although there is no manual or instruction to do so, after reading/viewing the three or so reviews online for this bow i knew to mark one side on each of the limbs to make sure i only bent them one way, so as far as i know i followed all safety procedures for caring for a new bow and this thing still failed the third time i strung it up. The bow itself is a great idea, but the materials appear to be pretty shoddy. The customer support was horrible and so far i've still got no answers on my several inquiries after the bows failure. They don't stand behind their product and bow limbs are a very dangerous failure point if you value your face or hands. Again, i'm no expert, but based on my experience i would suggest spending the extra money and getting a better bow, for your own safety.

This is my First break down bow and from my point of view I can give it one star for the sterdenest of the bow it feels like it's not going to brake anytime soon. I also give it another star for its easy way to disassemble and assemble very fast . The arrows that it came with are avarage I am probably going to build some three piece take down arrows so they will fit in the bag. The last and most important thing I can say about this bow is that the part were you grip the bow is made terribly wrong it feels like crap on your hands it's not easy to grip it hurts your hands after a while and it has some sharp corners that make it even worst . So all together I would rate this a 50/50 bow there might be better ones out there I wish I would of Made a different choice

It comes with a really nice quiver, the bow looks good quality, it's made really well , cant wait to shoot it

Breaks down for a light minimalist pack. The arrow rest sucks but manageable. I'm definitely going to buy the 50lb draw after I get used to this one.

It's a great bow. But need a new arrow rest. This arrow rest is cheap and it doesn't hold the arrow in place.

I just got this bow as a Christmas gift I think it's great for what it is if you really think about it. But I'd recommend marking the limbs so you keep them bending the same way. I noticed when I opened it a few screw on the risers where slightly loose but it was easy to tighten. I'd also Change out the arrow rest because there's is to complicated.