I researched the Phantoms on here before season started. This place is such a great resource for that, I thought I'd just throw in my 2 cents of experience with them for someone else.
56# @ 28" and 650gr total weight MFX carbons
I used the 220 grain Phantom SS 4 blades this year for the first time. They have a combined cutting area of 2 1/8", which was pretty attractive to me. :D
I can't tell ya how happy I am with them. Flew great, well built, great penetration and big wounds. I killed 3 adult whitetails, blew through bones and made the worst mess I've ever seen of an off side shoulder hit.
I did rework all the factory edges with a KME sharpener. They were very sharp out of the box, but I just felt better reworking them myself.
1st deer, complete pass through with ribs busted in and out. Arrow sticking in the ground 3" 60 yard recovery and great blood.
2nd deer, complete pass through, no ribs broken, arrow in the ground and great blood. 50 yard recovery
3rd deer, This arrow didn't pass completely through because it lodged in the heavy bone joint in the off side shoulder. The Phantom completely separated the shoulder structure as all the tendons/ligaments were severed at the shoulder joint. That shoulder was such a mess and so blood shot I could hardly get any good meat out of it. 60 yard recovery, great blood even with only one drain hole.
All the heads were in great shape, just needed a little touchup. The blades are increadably stout, especially when comparing thier bleeders to other makes.
Pretty wicked head IMO, think I'll be using them for a while.
One tip for people who shoot slim carbons with the Phantoms.
I had the bleeder back down the ferrel onto the shaft on that rib hit deer. This was do to the shaft being so slim that it didn't provide a shoulder for the bleeder to stay put. This can be fixed by footing the end of the shaft with a small piece of aluminum shaft. I did that for the second two and had no problems.