ORIGINAL: Black Stick
I looked at the EZ press and it seems to be a good choice because it is designed for higher draw weight bows as opposed to the Power Press, which can only do 70#. I think I will get the EZ press delux model becuase it lets you turn the bow into the vertical position, which I know would be convenient. Just wondering why you don't think it is the best tool for taking off the string/ limbs. Please explain this to me.
When you press a bow in the EZ Press... the tips of the limbs are in those rubber fingers, and frankly its a PITA to work on much of anything.
When you totally relax the limbs on a parrell limb bow, it changes the side of the limb exposed to the fingers.... rather than putting pressure on a flat surface on the backside of the limb... you are now putting pressure often right on the squared off side of the limb. When you press it... it will gradually slide... I am frankly a bit spooky around bow presses anyway, despite almost a decade of using them pretty much full time.... but when they MOVE... no way jack... I treat it like its a live hand grenade. Had to replace the limbs on an X Force using one.... its a little scary.
What bigbulls is talking about is and isn't true. Look at the white press on the first page of this thread... the fingers are on the backsides of the limbs... on the EZ Press they come right up in line with the axels... and they are frequently right in the way. Unless you mount the thing on something you can walk 360 degrees around, it's a chore sometimes. But as bigbulls pointed out too... its definately pretty easy to use... but it isn't totally idiot proof either.