Xpedition is currently best known for its bow risers made of Magnite, a proprietary alloy that the manufacturer claims is more robust than carbon and lighter than aluminum. For 2025, the company has added a 32-inch axle-to-axle model to its growing XLite line, which already offers models in 29-, 31-, 33-, and 35-inch lengths. Xpedition calls the new XLite 32 their best compound to date. To find out for myself, I put the bow through a thorough test on my home range. Here's my full review.
Xpedition XLite 32 Specs
Axle-to-Axle Length: 32"
Brace Height: 6.5"
Weight: 3 lb. 12 oz.
Price: $1,849.99
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Xpedition XLite 32 First Impressions
The new XLite 32 stretches (you guessed it) 32 inches between the axle pins; it has a 6-inch brace height and feels nice and light in that hand at 3.8 pounds. Taking a play from firearm maker's playbook, the Magnite riser is Cerakote coated, which makes the riser impervious to Mother Nature's worst moods.
The XB32 Cam System isn't oversized, helping keep the bow compact and slim. Draw length is adjustable in half-inch increments between 25 and 30.5 inches via two modules (included) without a bow press. The bow wears a wide, flat-backed 19-degree grip, but Xpedition also includes a 17-degree grip. Swapping grips is a breeze. The grip was my only negative first impression. Both versions felt wide and thick in my hand. I love bows that welcome my grip instantly. Others take time to get used to, and Xlite fell into the latter category.
To reduce noise and vibration, Xpediton added Doniker Dampeners to the bow—two smaller ones on the back of the riser and one on the front. The Front dampener has a removable weight. Xpedition has also kept pace with the growing accessory-mounting-made-easy trend. The riser sports a Picatinny (Pic) sight rail for no-mounting-bar-needed sight options, and has QAD's award-winning direct-to-riser IMS rest mounting system. Keeping overall bow weight down by eliminating mounting bars and screws is a good thing. Another win is the America's Best Bowstrings strings and cables. Poor strings and cables lead to peep rotation, string stretch, and other headache-causing issues. I often upgrade strings and cables, even on new flagship bows, but there's no need with the XLite 32.
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Xpedition XLite 32 Bow Build
Before putting my test bow into the press, I checked the limb bolts for chatter. There is some. The bolts don't turn smoothly. But they did turn, and I adjusted the bow from the measured 73.8 pounds of draw weight to 70.22 pounds. Aside from the limb chatter, the bow was a dream to set up. I added Spot-Hogg's Boonie 5-Pin sight, QAD's MX2 rest, and Bee Stinger's 8-inch MicroHex Hunter stabilizer.
The limbs pressed easily, peep insertion was a breeze, and achieving proper timing was no problem. My XLite 32 arrived set at a draw length of 29 inches, which is ideal for me. However, changing the draw length is easy, and no bow press is needed. Xpedition uses a letter system. Follow the guide inside the lower right limb, move your modules to the appropriate letter for your draw length, adjust your cable stops, and you're good to go. My go-to arrow was Easton's new 5.0. Total arrow weight was 381.5 grains with four Flex-Fletch Pro 2.5 vanes, 100-grain field points, HIT inserts, HIT collars, and 5mm Microlite nocks.
Xpedition XLite 32 Range Results
I don't go from the press to the paper tuner. I want to learn the ins and outs of the bow I'm shooting first, by sending at least 100 arrows downrange to allow for string stretch, however micro it may be. I get things close using my rest to tune out as much detected vertical and horizontal nock travel as possible. The more I shoot, the more I learn about a bow—and in this case, the grip I didn't like at first grew on me a little.
As for the XLite's draw cycle, weight builds evenly, and the transition to the set 80-percent letoff (adjustable) isn't abrupt. Though the bow sports a brace height of 6 inches and the XB32 Cam System is fiery, I appreciated that the bow set calmly at full draw, not wanting to pull me into the shot. The cable stops contact with the outer split yoke on the top and bottom. There is a valley, which I appreciate. However, that valley isn't spongy and sloppy. I could crawl into my two-part anchor, drive my bow hand into the target, and drive my release hand elbow backward while relaxing my hand from the wrist down.
The bow aims well. My pin wasn't dancing all over the target. The bow does produce some hand tickle, despite Xpedition's best efforts to thwart it. However, it's minimal and not something that would hang me up on whether I'd make this bow a field partner.
I spent four days shooting arrows between 20 and 80 yards. What I learned in that time is that the Xpediton XLite 32 is a tack-driver. It's a compound bow that builds shooting confidence quickly. My second shot from 55 yards shattered my first arrow from that distance—a perfect Robin Hood.
Even with the bow's short 6-inch brace height, the XLite 32 is quite forgiving out to common field ranges; however, if your form goes to crap beyond 50 yards, you'll pay for it. The bow is hyper-accurate, but if you don't execute properly, your groups will begin to widen. With proper form, this bow will put arrows where your pin is floating when your release breaks, whether you're shooting spots and dots or 3-D targets.
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Final Tune
Xpedition ships the XLite 32 with shims for tuning. The shims rest on the axle pin and separate the limbs from the cam. If you can't get a perfect paper tear with your rest, they let you adjust cam lean, which can clean up a bad paper tear.
My test bow tuned like a dream, no shims needed. I shot six arrows through paper, all creating slight, low, tail-left tears. This means the vanes are coming through the paper below the arrow shaft and to the left of the field point. I remedied this with QAD's MX2, and it's.0019-inch click windage adjust. Yoke tuning is also possible with the XLite 32. In less than 15 minutes, all six test arrows were tearing perfect holes through the paper as long as my grip was repeatable, and I maintained proper shot execution.
Speed & Noise
I've never been a speed guy. Many bow manufacturers have chased the speed demon for years—crafting compounds that put up impressive numbers on a chronograph. I shot pretty all of these bows. They were fast, but they were also a pain in the neck. They were a nightmare to tune, and these bows, combined with my high-school hurling days on the diamond, are the reason for my shoulder issues.
Set at a draw length of 29 inches and a draw weight of 70 pounds, the XLite 32 produced a three-shot fps average of 301 fps with the 381.5-grain Easton 5.0. That's plenty fast for me, with an arrow over 30 grains heavier than the minimum grains-per-inch rating for the 70-pound bow/arrow combo. Kinetic energy production was 76.77 pounds. As for noise, the XLite 32 consistently produced 70.8 dB, which is a touch load compared to other 2025 flagships. On the other hand, I fired a compound just last year that produced 90.3 dB. The bow has a little hand tickle, but it's quiet.
Xpedition XLite Final Range Test
After multiple perfect paper tears with my four-fletch arrows and several no-tear bare shaft shots, I headed back to the range. The results were excellent. I could tell you about smashing 12 rings on 3-D targets—I even got bold, went for, and got a few 14s—but you don't want to know about me. You want to know that this bow is as accurate as the day is long. After hundreds of arrows, it showed no signs of wear and tear, held its tune, and I would have zero reservations about toting into the fall woods.
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