He might be nuts, but his tip ain't. Use the rope cocker w/ stringing aid, slide pos plastic out of the way and life will get better, lol. I set all my FFF's about 3/8" above high mark and shoot them the next day. Saves at least one bh adjustment. Boo's strings, set at high mark, he's done some home work for ya!! Excal doesn't explain this, but due to the different length power strokes on all their bows, the stringing aid needs to be adj to your bow, just take slack out of it til it works. I can't use the same saetting length wise on str aid on both Phoenix and Emax, need to adj for each, no biggie. And, like has been said, don't get all wound up if new string is above high mark on rail, it will stretch in, sooner or later, lol, welcome to Excals!!!