bones, many of today's stabilizers focus on vibration and noise elimination. The purpose of a stabilizer is to balance and stabilize the bow. Start with a stabilizer that rigidly attaches to the bow in a length of 10" to 12". Attach the unit to your bow and hold the bow up with your bow hand. The top of the bow should balance straight up and down or the top should want to fall forward. If it has a tendency to fall back, attach a small, screw in weight to the tip. This is why a longer stabilizer is needed to move the weight from directly over the bow to a forward position. Less mass weight is needed to adjust the balance position. The result will be a very steady bow hand and sight picture. Tuning will eliminate most if not all noise. Should further noise reduction be needed, attach the vibration dampening devices like the Simm's products.