My go to head is a rage. Never has failed me. This year going to try Swacker. Both 100 grain.
Who has or is using them and your opinions?
Both the rage and swacker hit poa with my bow. So, no adjustment.
Thanks,
Sarge

" Must refrain"

Wasp Jak Hammer 100 grain 3 blade

They work good until they don't.
After going full circle trying several different kinds I'm back to what worked for me in the 90s. NAP thunder heads.

Muzzy 4 blade for my compound and sons bow. Wasp jackhammer for wifes x bow. Only reason for wasp is that blades fold up so no sharp edges for wife to cut everything around her! Yes it will happen. Both have done the job but I dont trust mechanical blades if I can get fixed blades to shoot good.
My brother uses rage and I have heard him hit with them. Sounds like a wiffle ball bat hitting the ball. So to me they loose alot of energy as soon as they hit. Any good shots did the job just like any fixed blade.
Hit where you are supposed to hit and you will have steaks.

For deer you bet use them also.

I’ve shot most all of the off the shelf popular mechanicals. They all performed well for me. Nap killzone was my favorite, but I had good results out of shwacker, rage, and killzones. I switched to a three blade fixed head for reusability, but I’ll occasionally throw a mechanical back on if the mood strikes me

100 grain, fixed 3 blade Muzzy for me. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

100 grain Grim Reaper for me. Eric

Muzzy 4 blade

Totally anti-mechanical for me forever. However, I got a crossbow so my youngsters could hunt and fixed blade would not fly for squat so my only choice was mechanical. Started w shwackers, kill just fine but are a joke cause every one that deploys nearly cuts the face of the arrow insert all the way through. So now, you blew a $15 head and another $10 arrow too. Switched to rage, absolutely deadly and no issues. Besides the fact that they are all expensive 1-shot wonders. I can sometimes kill 6 or 8 deer w the same thunderhead from my compound. NAP Thunderhead 35 years and counting!

That would be my choice as well.

Been shooting Muz..., must refrain..

Sarge, I like swacker. Hit the little yellow bands with a lighter to snug them up . Never really had one fail, they killed great. Our local dicks sporting goods went woke and discontinued their hunting section, I picked up 6 packs of rage hypodermic for really cheap, so I’m going to shoot these up and probably switch right back to swacker. These hypodermic kill good too, shot two bucks with them last fall, Easy tracking. In my opinion, it’s more important to hit your mark. If you do your part, most broadheads will do their part in opening a wound channel. Pop those lungs - he’ll die

John

I tried Rage when they first came out and the first deer I shot it didn’t open. It could’ve been operator error, don’t know, but that was it for Rage for me.
Some good mechanicals I have shot were RamCats and G5 MegaMeats.
In my quiver right now are G5 MegaMeats, the fixed blade Montec M3, and fixed blade QAD Exodus. We haven’t lost a deer with any of those.
For does I shoot the MegaMeats, when hunting bucks I stick with the fixed blades.

Muzzy and Thunder head is all I've ever used.

X2. Ive tried rage and they shot accurate enough, just never able to get two deer out of one head with them....weak aluminum best I can tell. I switched to grim reapers several years ago. Ive harvested numerous deer with each head. They seem indestructible compared to the rage. I have broke a blade in the past, but never bent or broken ferrules. Im sure there are other quality mechanicals on the market also....

I have used a lot of different one over the years. jack hammers and grim reapers are mechanical I really like. used many fixed blades over the years as well but just can't beat Muzzy 3 blade 100gr for strength eas of sighting in and the price.

the only one I have ever tried I will never use again was 3 blade rage. worst preforming head I have ever shot. one deer and I gave the rest of the pack to a guy at work..

Anyone shooting mechanical heads at " typical" whitetail ranges (under) 40 yards because they are more " accurate" needs to get your bow tuned!!.

Think most fall for the “blood trail” they supposedly leave. What most don’t realize is that 1” fixed blade will leave just as good a blood trail.