that shaft or one much so called better will be 300 in a short time frame.
sooner or later they will be made for less than 100.
but the name brands will still be high for those that think a name on something means its worth more.
I think that the main problem of most "experts" is that they think that all CF shafts are just the same, all the same tubes coming from the same source. Well, breaking news... Not all CF shafts are the same, not all perform the same, not all feel the same, not all are of the same quality and CF is still an expansive material so a good high quality, high performance shaft will cost more than wood and it won't be cheap even before the added value due to branding.
In the image bellow, is my $200 Raven break shaft, not the most expansive but not the cheapest either, this is what we consider mid-tier, good value shaft.
I have it for just under 10 months and I've used it maybe once a week, just for breaking so that's not much use really.
See those markings on the shafts (the arrows are pointing at them), they were not there when the shaft was new, that looks to me like cracks in the CF sheets, or something that is about to crack... maybe a scratch? but from what? Didn't hear about such issues in let's say the $580 Predator BK CF shaft.... I don't say that it couldn't happen but if it was an issue we would have already hear about it from the many pros that use it and the millions amateurs that have them as well... How many pros use Raven?
There is a saying -
"We are not rich enough to buy cheap stuff"
Might as well pay the high $$ to get the top quality stuff that will last longer and be cheaper at the end.
I don't know if that Pagulayan shaft is one of those high end products, it better be for that price!!! I'm not going to be the guinea pig for it, I can wait a few years to learn through others experience (unless Alex wants to send me one for free...).
We don't know yet what the exact tech is used for this shaft, the quality of the CF and other parts of it.
We just like to bash it for it's price and assume that it's just the same as any other $200 shaft. Some people will have to bite on their hat, just like Predator bashers did 30 years ago.