LimbSavers on bow

[Oliverstacy]

Just wondering if you use them on your recurve or longbow?

Where to place for the best results?

Standard or Recurve model?

Thanks,

Josh

[BMOELLER]

I use the standard model.  You have to play with placement to find what works best on your bow.  Mine are about midway on the limbs.

[Irish Archer]

I still believe that Cat-Whiskers on the string produce the best results. Haven't had much luck with the Limbsavers to my taste. JMO.

[Night Wing]

Don't use limb savers on my 66"  Blacktail T/D recurve or my 68" Longhorn hybrid longbow. Have cat whiskers on the the Blacktail and puffs on the Longhorn. Both bows are whisper quiet upon string release.

[Mike Byrge@home]

I use them on my recurves...always put them just past the fade-out on the limbs.

[Wampus]

I use them on both my recurves and it does make them quieter.  I put them at the "fadeout" of the core where the limbs get thin.  No performance loss and quieter bow...what's not to like?

[Orion]

Those things must weigh an ounce or two each.  Seems to me they add a lot of mass to the limbs. Has anyone ever determined if and by how much they reduce bow performance?

[JEFF B]

i use to use em but now i just use  wolf fur or good old New Zealand wool on the string as silencers cant beat it.  

[Schafer]

Have never used them and probly wont but that is my opinion.

[tom sawyer]

They work great.  They weigh just short of an ounce each, but if you put them towards the riser then the distance they move is negligible.  Its mass times distance (= work) that matters after all.  They really made a difference on my Palmer recurve.  I've seen testing on compounds that showed almost no effect on performance.  Compound limbs don't move much though.

[Wampus]

DAS Kinetics recommends them in the owners manual for the Dalaa bow.  In the "Masters of the Bare Bow" DVD, David Soza says he's done tests and there's no loss of performance with the Limbsavers.

[Oliverstacy]

Interesting...I had every gadget you could imagine on a bow when I was shooting compounds yet like just a quiver full of arrows on the bow now while I shoot now.  Funny I never shot with a quiver on my compound.  

I would like to try them but I have a Thunderhorn and Kanati quivers that attach at the fadeouts of the riser.  I do notice a difference with the quiver attached both in noise and stabilization.  

Seems the quiver helps me steady the shot.

Might not be an option with my set-up now that I think of it.

Thanks for all the replies and help!

Josh

[indianalongbowshooter]

Theyve helped every bow Ive used them on, either made them quieter when they were already quiet or taken all limb vibration out and yes even out of the $800-$1000 bows...they arent pretty but they do what they are supposed to do...tune your bow to be as quiet as you can get it then put them on you will notice a difference.

[Pinecone]

I love the little things and have them on nearly every bow.  Not only are the wonderful for noise reduction, but they are also cheap insurance that could help in the event of an unintended dry-fire.

Claudia

[Roughcountry]

While I'm not a big fan of things that might catch brush on a bow limb, both my hunting bows have limb savers on them.
Pinecone pretty much stated my reasons.

[clear]

I use bow jacks on my GM2 they work great. last about 1000 to 2000 shots. In fact I use 4 (2 high and 2 low) and they last a lot longer than a limbsavers do.

[Flatshooter]

It may be me but I just don't see those things on a trad bow. Puffs and spiders on a string do the job just fine and keep the look the way I want it... TRADITIONAL! Maybe if we put some wheels on a recurve or longbow we'd be able to draw it back easier? Just kidding,don't want to create a firestorm here!!          

[BobW]

Yep.  Due to a very long graw (and hence a very light limbed bow at 28"), I use them.  They are excellent in controling noise.  I have them on a 'curve and a LB.  For my LB I use the "accessory" style made for the wheel guys, they are much smaller.

[bbassi]

Originally posted by clear:
I use bow jacks on my GM2 they work great. last about 1000 to 2000 shots. In fact I use 4 (2 high and 2 low) and they last a lot longer than a limbsavers do.

Clear, what is a bow jack? If your only getting less that 2000 shots out of limbsavers your doing something really wrong. I've got a couple of bows I know have 15-20000 shots each and the limbsavers are as good as the day I put them on.

[BobW]

I think people are mixing Limbsavers here with "string leeches"....bow jacks/leeches, etc are for the string.  Limbsavers are for, well, as the name says, the limbs.......lets answer the guys question about limbsavers....