RE: Off the string or loop
I' ve used the loop for years now, with excellent results, and I too won' t shoot without them now. I shoot mine with a tied-in nockset above and below the arrow nock, then attach the loop over and below them. This way if you ever pull through a loop you can carry a few extras in your quiver and have it back up and running in less than a minute if you know how to tie them without affecting tuning at all. This can really save your bacon if in the middle of a fly-in hunt or out in the middle of a tournament.
I have played with them below, and one over and one below with no nockset, and one nokset above, etc, and find that with the two tied-in noksets you eliminate any " cinching" of the arrow that can cause erratic flight, and pulling from the direct centerline of the arrow makes tuning easier on most setups, and I cannot really agree with the quoted statement above to be honest as each setup is different as far as nock travel is concerned. Whatever floats your boat on this, but if you run two under with no nokset you can have varying degrees of pressure against the bottom of the arrow when switching loops,(not to mention you are always pulling " up" , creating more pressure) and this can cause differentials. If running the " two under" I always recommend a nockset above them also. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12