hey guys Dan pickar here with Eastman's bow hunting journal and Beyond The Grid make sure you're
watching your beyond the grids we're going to do a bow review today on the Matthews phase four new
for 2023. while I have you here make sure you uh tap that subscribe button hit the like button on
the video if you like it and be sure to check back we do a ton of these reviews throughout the year
so let's jump right into it we have the Matthews phase four it's new for 2023
this is a platform built off of the v3x of last year but what you'll see here is this vibration
dampening material in between each limb so there's actually four limbs right here hence the phase
four but this is just taking it to the next level as far as dampening that vibration and the noise
at the source and that's at the limb the limbs are stabilized by the limb pocket of course and then
these brackets on the back so there's no movement there's no funny things going on with having four
independent pieces they're not really independent because they're locked together but this dampening
material is definitely it's soft and squishy and it stays in place there's no moving around
with that what is also new this year is more of the bridge lock technology uh bridge lock site
that we saw last year from Matthews this is the dialed arcsos I love this site matches the bow
but we have the stabilizer this year and this is pretty cool I mean it's one of those luxury item
components when it comes to bows and accessories but you can just tighten this tensioner and you
can slide it in you can make your stabilizer as long as you want and it's it's super easy
what the first thing I thought when I saw this stabilizer was oh that's gonna be awesome when
I travel to Hawaii or whatever in a bow case and my stabilizer is not going to be floating around
in my bow case because you have to take it off to put it into the case I just loosen it slide it in
re-tighten it and just like that I don't have a stabilizer that's sticking out too far to
actually fit in my bow case so pretty cool so the phase four is available in a 29 inch bow and a 33
inch bow this is a 29 inch bow I like the shorter bows just a little more packable that's what I
prefer 25 and a half to 30 inch draw length six inch brace height so once again what we've been
seeing from Matthews from the last few years six inch brace height on these shorter bows anyway
29 inch axle to axle and then of course we have the integrate ultra rest from qad I just go with
these rests because they just they fit on these bows they're built for these bows they're micro
adjustable full containment and they're cable driven which I prefer over a limb driven rest
so that's why I like the ultra rest you have the stay up field system so you see these two
little hooks on the cams they're on both sides and you have your little orange bow press basically
and it allows you to take your string off or your cables off depending on which end you hook this on
and and you can make adjustments or switch out strings or cables in the field you don't need
a bow press for that so that's kind of a just a handy little luxury item to have on a bow this uh
particular bow is set up at 29 inch draw Matthew's bows have independent mods for each draw length
so if I wanted to change draw lengths I'd have to take this mod off and then swap it out for
a different one also the draw weight is changed by the mod as well from 60 to 75 pounds so you have
a nice range of weights that you can use as well I'm I like the 70 pound I don't feel like that I
need to have that extra power of a 75 pound draw to get what I'm looking for I've been pretty happy
with the setup with the 70 pound at 29 inches uh what else the Low Pro quiver this is the one
piece they sent me this year I do like the the two-piece it's a six arrow this one piece is a
five arrow but once again it's very sleek it's very close to the bow and with this bridge lock
site everything's very in line and so it doesn't have the tendency to tip so I'm I'm not that guy
that that throws a kicker off the left side of my bow I just don't feel like I need it for bow
hunting and these bows just they balance and they fall forward on the shot anyway so they're
balanced correctly and and they do what I ask of them so I don't have any complaints about how the
bow balances when it's all set up so pretty sweet okay let's I guess let's shoot this thing I have a
my hunting arrow here that I used last year and I'll use this year as well from method archery
that's the zmr 450 grains that's kind of the sweet spot for me I like an arrow 430 to 450
but this is a 450 grain arrow with my vertical pin sight I have the the scope on here with three pins
on it so that's another luxury item to have on a vertical pin slider I prefer that clean aperture
all right let's uh test drive this phase four at 29 inch draw 70 pounds
the draw cycle on these bows is is crazy it's smooth as can be
the back wall solid as always I've shot these bows a long time this bow man it shoots the best
out of any Matthews bow I've shot it tunes just as easy out of any Matthews bow I've ever shot
draw cycle's phenomenal it's a very very quiet bow we're going to step back into the shade back
here where the chronograph will read a little bit better and see what kind of arrow speeds
we're going to get out of this method archery zmr all right let's shoot this 450 grain arrow
29 inch draw 70 pounds see what we get this is my hunting arrow this is what I prefer
which I think I should be somewhere in the 290s
yeah 292.
all right let's shoot one more 292 is the first I really don't like much faster than 300 feet
per second 298 with a hunting arrow I like that nice you know in between weight of an arrow that
number one good penetration quiets the bow but I still get the speed that I need with a single pin
there we go 288 that's just what I'm looking for if I had a 430 grain arrow I would be 300 feet
per second easy so if I wanted to lighten up that arrow I could but I'm just going to leave it the
Bose tuned well I've shot a couple animals with this set up already so I'm just going to leave it be
we're going to shoot a few more arrows this bow is a pleasure to shoot so hey thanks for watching
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