"What I like about aluminum arrows is consistency.Like say a 2016 will have the same spine,diameter and GPI as any other 2016.A 400 spine carbon can have different diameters,,
Right on the cost of Alum is cheaper and you can re-feather easier ,carbon nice for toughness but I get confused on carbon spines and all the different people who make carbon arrows...a 2016 is always a 2016 that the cool part to me ...."
"A dozen Easton Game Getters will run you about what a 6 pack of carbons cost, unless we're talking blems from Big Jim. In my experience an impact hard enough to bend an aluminum shaft would likely result in a broken carbon shaft. No science to back that up, just what I've seen with my own two eyes.
I like heavy arrows, and aluminum lets you achieve that really easily."
These cover it well. Some of it is nostalgia for me as well as that is what I shot with my recurve as a youth. Now I have started with these urges for a sharp looking wooden arrow though......