The 808 Bowfisher has been my favorite so far. I use to use a regular 808 all steel gears and ball bearings and it worked great as well. I've used the Synergy and so have a couple friends but we can't seem to get them to last through the summer. Thats just mytwo cents though

If you decide to go with a recurve and it doesn't have a insert put in it then you will have to get one. Just make sure the bowshop doesn't put it too high or you will have to tilt you reel like I do[:@][:@]

Oh well, she still shoots like a champ