I really like my new Fiddlerman CF bow. To be honest, I am too inexperienced to give more than faint praise: it produces a better tone than the bow that came with the rental, which seems to be fiberglass, with bow hairs of unidentified fiber content and poor rosin-holding ability.

BUT: my Fm CF bow does not look like this! (1) No dot: frog is plain both sides (except for recessed letters "Fiddlerman"). (2) No mother-of-pearl/imitation mop rectangle on down side of frog: metal wraps around, instead. (3) No white-and-grey wrap on stick: a grooved black plastic-looking wrap in this position.

Have they changed the specs?

@Fiddlerman This is puzzler. The changes sound like, "this should look classier," or "this might look classier." I must admit that it does, in fact, look a bit cheap. Or at least, ambiguous.

But then it was inexpensive--and the thing I am impressed by is the fact that it VIBRATES. It vibrates while I play, I can feel what I'm playing in my right hand. And as I said in my review over in the store, the sound is ... somehow more three dimensional, if that makes any sense. 

Today I saw your video comparing two bows, same model, where you sort of bounce the wood side of a bow off your arm. Doing that, this bow not only vibrates but I can feel the frog end in my hand continue to "ring" for--count 'em--7 seconds. (Yes, it is very subtle toward the end--I had to damp the motion and compare to be sure what I was experiencing.) Now, I don't know if this length of ring is good or bad, for a bow. But the rented fiberglass bow, bounced off my arm, ... well, the tip sort of flexes a bit, but the frog end is just there, no vibration. Inert.

So, I'm a reasonably happy camper with respect to my new Fm CF bow!

Damfino's idea of being more explicit about environmental points--and I would add,  functional points--might be useful.