You can take the right size drill bit and radius the hooks some followed by sanding them smoother, should eliminate serving wear there and they fall off the string easier. The Emax eats servings regardless of string choice. Dan Miller advised me to use no wax or rail lube on the strings, as he claims the wax softens the serving and allows the claws to separate the windings.I realize this borders on heresy, lol, and I've tried it but haven't come to any conclusions yet. I can say I've noticed no adverse affects to no wax. I recently was informed of yet another method by a forum member here that got the info from yet another forum about using real small diameter serving matl and once you reserve as normal, you reverse direction and go back to where you started from, thus ending up w/ a double served string. Supposedly, this will increase serving life, but I haven't tried it yet.I was just shooting til servings gave out and replacing strings.I finally broke down and got a serving rig and matl from Danny Miller and made my own jig to stretch the strings and do my own now. Takes about 15 minutes from start to finish and my 2nd attempt was great. Danny even takes the time over the phone to give you sure fire tips. Serving life decrease w/ poundage, just a fact of xbow life. There are guys w/ 1000's of shots on Vixens w/ no reserving. My Phoenix gets at least double the serving life as my Emax, the Paradox is not far behind the Emax in wear, which to me blows the theory that compounds are easier on servings out the window.