Elite's new Carbonaira carbon bow features a hand-laid one-piece carbon riser, weighs under 4 lbs, and shoots at over 7 inches brace height. Archers praise its tunability and feel. The bow adjusts in quarter-inch draw length increments with three mod options.
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December 6, 2022
Over 7 inches
Just over 31 inches
Sub 4 pounds (riser target under 4 lb)
About 5 pounds total bow package target
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Compared to what carbon used to be, this is light years ahead of that.
That is the most accurate carbon bow I've shot, the most tunable carbon bow I've shot.
Shootability, stability, it's the total package.
This is the nicest carbon bow that I have shot.
We've gone through multiple iterations, testing, testing, repeating, changing to get to the point we are today where we're finally ready to bring it to the market. The carbon era new for 2023. When we went into this project to design a carbon bow for the first time for Elite, there were some things that we knew we had to have shootability. One, the feel of an elite bow. And we wanted to incorporate our upper and lower riser cages.
Somebody finally come up with a good looking carbon bow design.
We wanted it to have the appeal of a highly machined aluminum riser and the performance of a carbon bow.
Hands down, the best Elite I've ever shot. Quiet. Very impressive. I tell you what, they got something here.
The Carbonaira is built around a super forgiving platform. Over 7 inch brace height, just over 31 inches axle to axle. And with the new SP cam system, it doesn't bend the limbs as far as previous cam systems have. So this 31 inch axle to axle bow is going to feel longer at full draw. The string angle is going to be more forgiving.
It's the first carbon bow from Elite. Shoots like a dream. 100% elite light and everything you can ask for in a rig. I want to see cool stuff too.
So this is one of the early risers, one of the first ones from a couple years ago in the development, this was kind of the starting point. We learned a lot from this initial model and we adjusted from here. Yeah, it's really nice.
It is hand laid carbon. That is a unique process and what it does is it basically makes this riser one uniform piece.
Carbon is obviously lightweight and that was a focus of the design of this riser. We wanted a sub 4 pound bow with upper and lower riser cages, set technology, all the features and benefits that we wanted to include in a premium package and keep it under £4. So what does that do for you if you're hiking out west? A half a pound of riser goes a long way when you're hiking the mountains. And it also allows you to put the weight where you want it. So if you're starting with a four pound bow, your target is to have a total bow package of £5. You can put that weight where you want it and you're not limited by the overall weight of the riser.
Thanks, buddy.
That is the most accurate carbon bow I've shot. The most tunable carbon bow I've shot.
Not only do you get the benefit of the carbon, but now you get the shootability and tunability in elite. Because with set technology, it's just a game changer.
Gets you in, get you out of the pro shop. They make those adjustments quick and easy. All that's expedited so much faster now with set technology.
Something elite's become known for is set technology. We had to have set technology on the new carbonara. It's the easiest tuning method on the market. All you need is an Allen wrench, you can stand at the line and micro adjust to get perfect aeroflight out of your bow. There is not another carbon riser bow on the market that offers this kind of technology.
This is the bow. This is the one.
What I will tell you is this is the nicest carbon bow that I have shot.
You know, the bow looks good, the bow feels good, the bow's fast, it performs, it's accurate, it doesn't look like carbon, but it's actually, you know, got all the features and benefits of carbon. It's light, it's warm to the touch in cold weather.
Quarter inch draw length adjustments, three mod options. Performance smooth and 75% with micro adjustable let off from 70 to 90% on the performance and the smooth and from 60 to 75% on the 75% mods.
But this being their first carbon offering, I was expecting to feel some typical carbon hand shocks. So to see what they were able to take out of that end was impressive.
Yeah, that's nice. The bow is built around shootability. Like all elite products, we want a bow that's easy to shoot, that's forgiving, that's giving you great performance, and you'll find all of that in the carbonera.
