What is your preferance, and why? Have you shot them head to head to see if there is any real differance in performance? Noise?

I haven't done it in a long time myself, as I had come to the conclusion that there is no real benefit to using a thin string(12 strand Dacron, 10 strand Dynaflight '97, 6-9 strand 450+). I did notice more stretch, creep, and noise with the smaller strings, and less durability. My thoughts are by the time you pad out your loops, pad out and/or double serve the nock area, and/or add silencers to compensate for the extra noise, you have pretty much added back the weight you took off by reducing strands (which ain't much at all to begin with--ever weighed a strand of string?).

There might be an advantage on a light weight target bow, where every little bit counts, and string noise is not an issue--I really don't know. Has anyone noticed if compound manufacturers, who really push the speed issue, have gone to the thin strings?

Just wondering what your thoughts/opinions/experiences are.

Chad

Long Bows Rule!