I was forced to consider another cable slide when my shield cut feathers lightly clipped the cable of the Patriot. I've since used three slides and settled on one given how smoothly it draws. Hopefully, someone considering a new slide will find this useful.

1. The factory slide is rough. You can almost feel the cable dragging across the slide when you draw and the cable shows the wear. From what I understand from this forum, others experience wear from the factory installed slide as well.

2. Bomar white virgin teflon slide - This one is very similar to the Sims slide for a little less cost. It provided a little more fletching clearance, but I could still feel the cable moving through the slots. I took it off after a few shots.

3. Alpine Archery roller slide - This is the one I'm sticking with. It's not as simple as the others, and it has two of those dreaded e-clips to hold the axle in the bracket, but the draw was noticably smoother and caused no noticable wear on the cables. I've shot this slide about 1200 times without any issues.

This slide holds two plastic rollers on a steel axle mounted within a rubber bracket. The bracket also holds a white teflon cylinder, the inside of which makes contact with the cable guard rod. There is quite a bit of friction holding the wheels together in the bracket, and they're hard to turn at rest. However, the pressure of the cables moving through the slide turns the wheels and eliminates any potential friction on the cables. It seems that this keeps the slide quiet, despite the moving parts, and creates the smoother draw that I liked.

I chrono'd this slide against the factory installed Bowtech slide and it was about 2-3 fps slower, but the ultra-smooth draw cycle outweighs this trade off - for me anyway.


Just my two cents for those considering a replacement on their Bowtech...........

Fritz