Hello elk calling Academy members we're back once again so more reed reviews
diaphragm reed reviews today we are going to be reviewing berry game calls
so we have three conventional reeds from his x-series lineup and then two from
his new golden dome help reeds we're going to be bugling on his golden dome
grunt tube I actually did a review on this a couple of weeks ago so it's kind
of a neat versatile extremely lightweight this is an exceptional tube
for backpack style hunting but you have a few options as well - you can leave
the wand in or you can pop that out and just go with this real short compact
tube so but for today we're gonna leave the wand in so okay so his x-series
reeds our conventional reeds so there is no tab to feel on these like other
conventional reeds that we've reviewed but it's really easy to tell the top on
these because that they have that X reed that goes up on the top the other
thing about these reeds is most of the frames on the other conventional reeds
or aluminum this one is plastic so one thing that's a kind of a downfall on the
plastic is you can't really bend it and shape it like you can the aluminum but
then on the flip side to a positive is it always stays flat me personally I run
a pretty flat reed in fact a lot of times if I feel that aluminum frames
starting to bow or bend a little bit I'll actually get it out and straight it
up so I have that nice flat surface so okay this is the x1 young hot Bowl so
we'll turn down the microphone and do some reviews on it just like all other
reviews I'll do a few cow sounds and then followed up by bowls out
okay just like the other conventional reeds that I've reviewed I do run these
as far back as I possibly can get them for me personally that's just where I
like to operate reed for me it seems that's where I have the best control so
okay x1 young hot Bowl x2 satellite Bowl yellow tape drain latex with grey X on
it so let's turn down some volume okay so there's the X Q for for my style of
calling on the one thing I've noticed on the x series is they don't cow call the
best for me but as far as bugling goes I can hit all my notes on them pretty easy
I would also put these X series reeds kind of in the advanced color medium to
advance definitely need to have some good control with your airflow and
tongue pressure okay finally in the next series is the x3 herd bowl brown tape
and it looks like white and white on the latex
okay x3 heard bolt I like being alone that
reed so no changes are pretty easy for me I'm going to put that in an advanced
color so you do have to have some pretty good control of your air pressure to get
that thing to break and stair-step up so but it does nice clean transitions does
get a high note really really well for for locating and then you can also get
soft on it as well so okay let's move into the golden dome Elle Creed's
first up is the medium bowl Red Tape Yellow dome green latex does have an
opening in the top of the dome that just kind of helps with some sound transfer
of the the sounds so comfort wise these golden domes actually fit pretty well
they are fairly comfortable I didn't really notice anything with the opening
as far as discomfort on the palate so turn down the sound so you can hear the
medium bowl
okay my impression on the medium bowl this is a good all-around reed I can do
some good cow sounds on it do some good bugles on it with good transitions so
definitely good all-around reed so if you're looking for one reed to carry the
medium bowl would be a good one so okay large bowl blue tape green latex again
still has that yellow or golden dome on it okay large bowl let me turn the
volume back up there large bowl um for me and my style calling it's an okay
reed so all in all general review of the very game calls a medium bowl in the
golden dome series I really liked that would be a good all-around bowl or good
all-around reed to carry in the X series I really like bugling on the X 2
satellite bowl and the X 3 heard bulb so for me those were easy reeds - bugle on
good control good tone changes so all-in-all very game calls is definitely
something that you guys need to check out I would say if you want a good
representation get that medium bowl in the golden dome just to kind of test
with other diaphragms that you're already testing to see how those fit
into your style of calling thanks for watching guys see ya