Oneida Bows, too good to be true?

[MitchellH]

After firing my first oneida bow and feeling the smooth draw, the do it yourself modules and the ease of pulling back even high draw weights there has to be a major trade off. It all seemed to good to be true! anyone got any cons, because i think i saw alot of pros after my first hands on.

[Dale Furze]

My old Eagle had an amount of trouble with the power cables letting go. They were like a ticking time bomb, you didn't know when they were going to go off.

I don't know about the power cable setup on the newer models but my old shooter was the smoothest, easiest to tune bow that I've owned.

The cons with it were its weight and noise when shot.

Dale.

[Poppy]

Yeah Dale I had one of those time bombs go off at full draw. The carbon arrow ended up in a mass of splinters. The only damage to me was an instant greying of my hair and a change of underwear.
MitchellH, Oneida's are like Politicians, you cant trust them.
Paul

[wazza_X force]

my trade off after only shooting one of them is that my mates 300. win mag is more inconspicuos on the shot and um... its stiller in the hand too...fan of the concept, but not a fan of the bow...

wazza

[MitchellH]

Thanks guys i knew something was suss, i agree it looks like a great concept, hopefully it will get safer and more reliable with time.

Mitchell

[XTfreak]

I know a guy with 3 of them, all different models, all different ages and has never had a problem with any of them. He swears by them. There is also a forum member on here who at last count owns 5 Oneidas.
If you do a search for Oneida bows on here you will find a ton of information. Someone just asked about them on here 2 weeks ago...
Bill

[woody]

The bad thing about the Oneidas is the tendency for the power cables to let go with out warning.

They are very nice bows to shoot and contrary to popular opinion, are extremely easy to work on once you understand how they work.

I would recomend a spare set of power cables on hand just in case, at all times.

Replace them often, at least every 6 months.

My opinion on them being noisy, is that a noisy bow is all about how you set them up.

First thing, get a dacron string on them. This, and shooting a heavier arrow, will help the life expectancy of the power cables dramatically

An Oneida with a dacron string and cats whiskers is as silent a hunting bow as any one could want. Its all in how you set them up.

[NormGunston]

Always intrigued me, too. These guys do mods on stock Oneidas, if I understand correctly http://www.monsterbows.com/monster/Page2.html

[howie]

I shot one for a few years and thumped a few animals as well, what has been mentioned about power cables is true. I cant comment on the new bows out on the market.

[Jato]

My mate had a couple of shots of one and cant believe how smooth the draw was, personally - I know this sound superficial - but I wouldn't consider owning one just because I think oneidas look butt ugly. Too much going on with the string.

[code]

Hi Mate, I shoot a 2007 Oneida Black Eagle and still can't believe the smooth draw. Have had no problems at all yet and hope it will stay like that. Haven't had a shot with the other models, but can't fault mine at all. Good on ya, shooting one of these bows.