Haven't taken mine off but you can watch Chris Bee's setup video, one of the first things he did was remove the grip. It's not on the phase 4 he has.

 

Maybe it’s only in the 33 inch model? He’s shooting the 29. Guess I could just call and ask them

 

V3X owner. Can confirm that there was no carbon block underneath my grip

 

Alright so it’s plastic and cokes out. And it’s for a feature that’s coming In 2024 that will also be compatible with the phase 4s. And it’s in all of them from the factory. 29 and 33.

I tried like hell but he wouldn’t bite on telling me what that is that’s coming. I can only assume some kind of adjustable grip. He had a good chuckle when I mentioned that. Exciting and glad to know it will be available for a prior year bow. They don’t usually do that.

 

So take it out and chuck it for now then is the morale of that story, lol. I’ll be putting on the UV when the bow shows up and I’ll probably take it out for weight savings since Mathews are boring boat anchors that just pound X’s. Gotta shave weight where I can 😂

 

Nice little find!

 

I have found a few other little differences in this bow as well. There’s more changed than most believe or have noticed.

 

Hmm that's interesting, got to be an adjustable grip. So, what grip did you go with?

 

I’ve got a ultraview that I grinded down and kinda re shaped in the throat of the grip.

 

Can you show a close up picture of your ultra view grip that you re shaped

 

My halon x doesn't have that now I feel left out 😂

 

I can ship you a piece of plastic for cheap lol

 

🙉

 

Def something that screws in 3 beveled out holes for screws. Somebody with some good pull find out what this is 🤬

 

Integrated flashlight?

 

How dare you say that 🥹 I hate a damn flashlight. Ofcourse unless I’m poaching with Josh bomar and venari.

 

I hope it's a spot to store my mouth guard. I hate getting all the way to my tree just to realize I don't have it.

 

Wait until they integrate a grunt tube.

lmao I’ll quit bow hunting.

 

Bridgelock laser grip with micro adjust!

 

Ooooh red dot sight. Really does make it point and shoot. Glad I got mine.
Maybe it should be called "Phaser 4"

 

Hopefully this grip thing is not $250.00 I'm running out of excuses to my wife birthday this Christmas that. I cant promise to behave any more than I already have

 

I mean it looks like a good little spot to hide hunting money 🤙🏻

 

It will be an integrated grip pretty much the last thing left to integrate. The holes are for you to use their proprietary titanium space age screws to actually attach the bow to your hand and no longer need a wrist sling. It’s genius!

 

I know zero about this bow.
But if I was going to take the time to hollow out a space that big, I would put in a dynamic vibration dampener of some kind. Or maybe a gyro.
Wouldn't that be kewl? A stabilization gyro right in the area where it's needed the most...your hand.

 

I was thinking about a gyro when i saw this, its really not that far fetched of an idea.

 

It will be either a grip warmer, a spot for a pressure pad for an integrated laser sight or something.

And the new Phase 8 will have 8 limbs top and bottom, more rubber for a bow so dead in the hand, you'll vibrate more than the bow.

 

That spot would probably hold the garmin xero switch nicely

 

New Bridgelok handwarmer. Scientifically your hand will be up to 5X warmer when the heat is generated directly in the middle of the riser all while not affecting any of the stabilization of the bow since your placing the heating device at the true center. Redefining warmers in square shape that later will slide into your bar mounts if you chose to not take advantage of the square stab mounts your whole riser will stay warm, not just the grip! Amazing deal only $299 per rechargable hand warmer square that has been cut and half and rubber added to dampen and warm. With not so regular rubber I mean this is the future of hunting as long as Chris Bee, Levi & Korbin says so... Maybe I should wait till the actual launch to let the cat out of the bag! Whoops!

 

A heated grip would definitely squash the notion of them coming out with carbon bow lol

 

I'm not sure it looks like an adjustable grip, although goodness knows why they haven't released one for all Engage equipped bows. Has to be the easiest thing to make and which could allow for exactly the small-scale DL adjustments not possible with 1/2" mods. Side plates lengthen DL by about 1/6", but it would be easy to make a system that offers 1/8 increments and angles like Hoyt. They'd sell a ton for retrofitting and could include it on future bows as standard. C'mon Mathews - do it!

 

It will be interesting to see what they do with that. Adjustable grip sounds logical. Not sure about a grip warmer though lol. Whatever it is will give those that hate Mathews something to gripe about next year so there is that.

 

I hadn't noticed how warm my TRX with wrapped Engage grip is in winter until I shot my Stratos in the freezing cold. Oh boy....

 

Claim what they may, a temperature variation in any material (riser or otherwise) will affect changes in performance.
Will anyone be able to notice the difference? Probably not.
I would suspect the riser would suck the heat out before it did much good, beyond 3 or 4 hours.
I do recall in high school when at a "party", the first poor sap that "fell asleep" got the hands in warm/cold water treatment. They were lucky if the made it to the head before they wet themselves.
I would hate to be up in a stand with one hand warm and one cold.
If cold is that much of an issue, look up "Thaw" hand warmers. I picked up one for $40. That thing is very warm and lasts for hours.
I'm eager to hear some feedback from actual users in 25° weather.

 

Claim what they may, a temperature variation in any material (riser or otherwise) will affect changes in performance.
Will anyone be able to notice the difference? Probably not.
I would suspect the riser would suck the heat out before it did much good, beyond 3 or 4 hours.
I do recall in high school when at a "party", the first poor sap that "fell asleep" got the hands in warm/cold water treatment. They were lucky if the made it to the head before they wet themselves.
I would hate to be up in a stand with one hand warm and one cold.
If cold is that much of an issue, look up "Thaw" hand warmers. I picked up one for $40. That thing is very warm and lasts for hours.
I'm eager to hear some feedback from actual users in 25° weather.

I don’t think it has anything to do with heat but who knows. I think it’s something adjustable with the grip whether it be for lateral tuning or slight draw length adjustments or just simply different wrist angles

 

That spot looks perfect for aaa batteries….

 

I’m def sticking a small hand warmer in that slot to see if it makes a difference. I need to go grab one and leave the bow in the fridge and check it.

 

Will the grips for the vertix/vxr/V3X still fit on the phase 4?

 

Yes.

 

If using a chemical (hot hands) warmer, it will stop working as soon as the grip is installed unless it’s ventilated. This are air activated, and I’ve saved those warmers by putting them back into ziplock bags. I forgot I had them in a baggie and when digging through my hunting tote, I came across them. Opened the bag and they started getting warm again. That was after being in there for 4.5 weeks.

 

I believe with the ultraview grip I use it may have breathability. I’ll post the finding forsure though.

 

Whatever it will be I won’t be able to afford it without selling a kidney