Diamond Deploy Review

Was not planning on buying this bow. I own a bear threat and enjoy it but was looking to get another bow ( you can never have too many). I did my homework and was pretty set on buying the PSE brute force. When going into the store I asked them to set aside the brute for me and would be in to pick it up the next day as they were closing. While I was in the store the diamond edge was on a stand and on sale and did inquire about it but didn't pay it much attention. I then went home and did a bit of reading on the diamond and thought well before I buy this brute I could at least shoot this thing. The next day I returned to buy the brute and mentioned to the salesman I would like to try the diamond just to know that I was making the right choice. So I had the brute set up and shot it first, very nice bow but in all honesty felt very much like my threat and nothing really jumped out at me with the bow. Keep in mind I was completely set on buying even after shooting it as that is what I had my heart set on. I then was handed the diamond and let me tell ya after holding the brute the difference was night and day. Still not sold on it I had to shoot it. Well as soon as I drew it back I was sold the back wall is so solid and with zero creap was amazing to hold at full draw. Then I released the Aarow, next words were sold ! The bow is so quiet and falls dead in your hand virtually vibration free. It shoots very tight groups and is a no brainer I really did not know a bow could shoot that nice ! Take the time to shoot this bow and it really does sell itself. Good luck shopping for your next bow make sure you put this one one your list of bows to try !!

The bow is better than the RAK additions. If you can do it, buy the bare bow and upgrade the accessories. The bow has a solid back wall, but at least to me the valley seemed a bit narrow - of course this may be magnified to me because my previous bow had only a 75% let off.

The bow seems a little harder to draw than my previous bow, but the draw is smooth. It is also very dead in the hand. Like I said earlier, my groupings are tighter and my accuracy is also better. I also really liked the way it looks. It was down to this bow or a Mathews Halon. I shot both and I liked both, but the Deploy was lighter and less expensive. The cost and the weight made the Deploy a no brainier for me.

Let's start this out by saying that this is not a flagship bow, and there are many bows out there that come with all the bells and whistles, but cost a whole lot more. With that out of the way, this bow is flat out incredible. I got back into shooting late last year because my youngest daughter wanted to learn to shoot. I bought this bow from Cabela's in Tulalip and couldn't be happier. I have shot PSE since I was a kid, and was going to buy another one, and Jim suggested that I shoot the Deploy next to the PSE. Well, I shot both, along with a Quest, and the PSE was the first one out of the test. Surprised the heck out of me. I then spent the time shooting the Deploy and the Quest, and even though the Quest was $100 cheaper, I couldn't say no to the Deploy. I ended up changing the rest, sight, and stabilizer, and now that I have the bow tuned, I'm shooting through my own fletchings at 20 yards. At 80 I'm 2" off the bulls-eye. I couldn't be happier with this bow and would recommend it to anyone. At 70lbs and a 28" draw, my 420 grain Full Metal Jackets are shooting at just over 270fps. If anyone is on the fence with this bow, PULL THE TRIGGER (pun intended).

Pros- Within 3 arrows shot I was feeling like this Bow is a game changer!The clincher for me was a Robin Hood Arrow on my 9th or 10th shot! The bow rocks gently reward after the arrow release, the vibration is minimal, the draw cycle is smooth as glass to a solid back wall! Great Mossy Oak graphics. This bow has re-lit the Archery fever for me!
Cons- It doesn't walk down and fetch up the arrows for me, it doesn't retrieve my newspaper and it doesn't make me look 10 years younger... so, no serious cons to speak of! shooting such a light bow takes a bit of getting use to, a heavier bow can feel a bit more steady on the 1st few shots. Oh... i know!! the light bow doesn't tire me out and makes me stay at the range longer and my wife don't like that!

This bow is right on. Bought it in the RAK package but switched out sight and quiver to another that I preferred from previous experience. I shot several different bows and by far, for me, the deploy sb was the clear choice. Switching bows mid season was not ideal in my mind, but once i got it in my head it was just a matter of time. When i went to look at bows i had several requirements that i was looking for centering around speed, weight, and ata length. The deploy met all my criteria except speed, which 340+ was what i locked in on, but once i shot it i was sold. I have been bow hunting for 30+years and have had many bows and for me, bowtech hit the nail on the head with the deploy sb.

This is probably one of if not the best bow on the market for the money. It draws like a dream and is way more accurate than I can ever hope to be. The only things I can fault it on is the fact that it is not a "speed bow" per se and that the cable slide is junk. However for $5-$10 you can put on a Teflon one and be golden. Amazing value bow here!

I've owned this bow for about one month now and shot it twice before buying it from Bass Pro Shops with the R.A.K. package. My original bow was a 2014 Bowtech Carbon Knight, so I was largely familiarized with this bow except for the poundage increase from 60lbs to 70lbs. The bow still looked almost the same & felt just as light as my prior one did, but the build quality of this bow felt largely refined, given Bowtech & Diamond had two years to make those minor but wholistically significant changes. The appearance of this bow was more subtle given they changed the accent colors from red & black to Mossy Oak Breakup Country camo & grey, which made this bow seem more aesthetically practical when camouflaging for hunting.

When shooting this bow from before I bought the bow until nowadays where I've owned the bow for one month, I have to say that it is easily a very sharp and linear draw cycle with a distinct letoff boundary into the valley, which signaled to me that this bow was ready to javelin my arrow right where I wanted it. And that it did; in fact, I almost made a robin hood with Bass Pro's arrows the first time shooting it, making me slightly nervous to almost cover that arrow's cost and extremely confident in the bow's performance. It is not a loud bow either, but at the same time I must say that most of its competitors are quieter. Perhaps the FLX guard could have helped in that a bit, due in part to the traditional cable slide causing cam lean.

The only issues I have had were peep sight rotation and slight looseness of the factory's cable servings, which have not caused any problems for me so far or were easy fixes. All in all, I am really happy that I spent a very reasonable amount of my hard-earned money on such a great hunting and target bow with so many great features, innovations, and refinements from its predecessors. Hope this helped any prospective Deploy buyers!