It might not even affect your anchor if you can shorten your release to make up for the difference. For instance, if you place the first joint of your finger over the release trigger (like most people do), then shorten the release so that you've got your middle joint over the trigger. You've done two things. Kept the same anchor you're accustomed to AND fixed yourself up with a more accurate and repeatable way to trip your release.

Side benefit, using the middle joint goes a long way toward getting rid of the habit of punching the release.

What sold me on using a loop was watching the other guys on the shooting line. When most guys started using bows well under 40" long, it started looking real scary. They'd draw back and the string angle they had at full draw was nearly pulling their strings out of their nocks! I swear, one guy with a fairly long draw length shooting a 32" bowjust barely had the corners of his arrows' nocks hanging onto the string! Dang near ready to fall off!![:-]

I don't care who ya are, that ain't good!On release, there is no way the force from thestring is pushingstraight along the axis of the arrow. Does the arrow, at some point during launch, eventuallyre-nock itself to the string? I don't know. Doesn't matter though because nothing good can come from THAT kind of deal.

The loop keeps that portion of the string square to the arrow, and keeps the arrow fully nocked on the string. More chance of getting straight and level nock travel. The force from the string is pushing much more in line with the axis of the arrow.

There used to be some photos on the internet that illustrated what I'm talking about. But after a couple of hours of hunting, searching and cussing, I can't find 'em. [&:]

Anyway, back when most bows were 45" to 48" long, axle to axle, string angles were so shallow that hooking up direct to the string presented no problems. Now that most bows are 32" - 36" axle to axle, string angle is a big concern. IMO, these days a string loop is a must have....Not to mention it's lighter than a brass nock/cushion button arrangement.