Bowtip protectors,You love em or Hate em

[30coupe]

Originally posted by koger:
I use the rubber slip on ones, have them on all my bows. Protects the limb tips, doesnt affect performance,looks dont mean as much as protecting my hunting equipment.

Same here.

[Richie Nell]

I love'em on both ends.  Keeps bow from slipping from either end when leaning on tree or wall.

[JRY309]

I use them on all my longbows.

[bowslinger]

I use rubber tip protectors on both ends of my longbows that are long enough to ride a very short distance up the string.  They seem to quiet the bow.  I take them off after hunting in wet conditions to dry them out or if I have been hunting in silty sand or very fine sand since these materials are small enough to get into the tip protector and can be quite abrasive.

[Covey]

I use the small plastic one's from Kustom King. I haven't weighed one but doubt they would hardly register. As far as performance... I think that is kinda like splitting hair's! When I pay alot of money "which is hard to come by in this current economy" for a bow I plan to use it but also try to take care of it. JMHO!! Jason

[kat]

I use them for the protection they offer to my limb tip. I haven't noticed any noise difference, and I am not a good enough shot to notice any accuracy difference. Just something I never think about.  Food food for thought.

[joekeith]

I put them on all my bows, and my wife's, and my kid's, and my grandkids......

[joevan125]

The few that i do have takes a body builder to get them to fit tight.

Can someone tell me which brand slips on a little easier and will stay on tight.

Thanks

[joekeith]

I either get ones from 3 Rivers, or use the end off a baby pacifier.  The pacifier is my favorite.  

[d. ward]

One thought about tip protecters is any of them no matter what type tip protecter it is will collect moisture on a wet day(water runs down hill).Once you finish hunting and or shooting for the day its a good idea to remove your tip protecter and make sure its dry inside.Any of the rubber type are the worse of all for collecting moisture bd

[Zradix]

I've actually put a layer of epoxy on my tips just to protect them.

[Pepper]

Don't care for them.
I've tried them all, and sold them about as fast as I bought them.

[Greg Clark]

Love em!  

[Over&Under]

This would have made a great "poll" thread, interesting to see all the varying opinions....I happen to love 'em!

[Longbow338]

I have used them never had any problems with them.

[maineac]

Just got my first.  When I sit in ground blinds I rest my lower tip on the ground.  I got them to protect them from the moisture in the soil. Good tip on the moisture getting trapped on rainy days.

[Old York]

Well I use them even if I don't have any deep profound emotional attachment or repulsion to them   :D  

They're an inexpensive insurance policy  

[Troy spear]

Have them on all my Bow's    " Protection"!!!!

[thunder1]

Never used them. I see why they could be nice but I hate to cover the wood.

[CDR]

I use the rubber one's, haven't had any problems.