Plastic vanes....

[ron w]

I have shot vanes off the shelf by just shooting cock feather in. It worked very well for me.

[KevinK]

I also have a rainy day bow that I tuned arrows with plastic vanes for. Mine are 4" predator duravane style and I have a brush style rest. They fly great this way. I tried off the shelf as other have said they were able to do this but I didn't have that result. The shelf my arrows flew like a deflating balloon and I didn't even attempt broadheads. My 2 major issues with this bow is: 1) the vanes are much heavier that feathers, approximately 12 grains each. They seemed to make the arrow act stiffer and I am using a spine weaker than I normally would (not that big of a deal as long as it tunes) 2) When I switch between this bow and my other bows the bow with the rest seems to shoot very high. Probably mental or I just need to spend more time with that bow. Just my experience.

[Stone Knife]

I have off a flipper rest ,they fly good

[Big Ed]

I shoot the Bear Weather rest and love it. I can pretty much shoot any vane or feather off it. Bareshaft tuning seems to go a whole lot smoother to.
Big Ed

[pinecrest]

I just switched from feathers to 3,4 " Marco vanes shot off a Hoyt Super Hunter rest and plunger.Had to go down one spine size due to the added weight of the vanes.I couldn't be more pleased though,an a ll around better setup for me.

[old_goat2]

I treat my feathers with Never Wet outdoor fabric treatment from Rust-Oleum. Works great for weather I'll hunt in, if I was going to Alaska or Western Washington or similar, I'd probably try figuring out the vanes!

[Ulysseys]

I put a bear weather rest on my Widow recently and tuned 5" helicaled vanes.  They fly right with my feathers and will now be my go to arrow set up from that bow.  I also saw no difference in broadhead flight or accuracy.

[JDunlap]

does anyone use them on wood arrows? thanks

[M60gunner]

Did vanes on woods years ago for my son. He wanted what we call "stumpers" these days. His bow had a raised rest so there were no issues with flight. I used a straight clamp on my Blitz and offset it a little. I did seal the shafts with  clear Fletch Laq so I would not have issues using Fletch Tite glue. Theses days I would use a water based sealer and Fletch using Saunders NPV glue.

[Breathn]

I get caught in the rain all the time..so I always make sure I tune a vane setup .I'm shooting vanetec swifts 3.125 long and they fly like lasers

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

I got a new recurve ( warfed compound riser ) with a set of foam core Hoyt limbs and put a screw-in flipper rest on it. After a little messing around a .400 spine full length carbon with 250gr point with the little Blazer vanes fly like darts. They will shoot any broadhead I have and even the TreeSharks fly like a fieldpoint. Is my first time for a rest on a recurve so time will tell how I like it but so far so good ( have a spare in my pack ). The bow dead quiet and is a sweet shooter...

,,,,Sam,,,

[SAMMO]

nothing but vanes these days,bear weahterest on dalaas

[tracker12]

Four fletch vanes work great for me on an elevated rest but when shooting off the shelf Ill stick with feathers.