What is the best stabilizer IYO?
 

What is the best stabilizer in your opinion?

RE: What is the best stabilizer IYO?
 

there was a poll a little while back, check the search!:)

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I guess it depends on what you plan on using it for. I did not see the above-referenced poll so I do not know which one was the most popular. Stabilizers generally serve two basic functions...1)to aid in balance and aiming and, more recently, 2) to help reduce noise and vibration levels. Many stabilizers do one or the other quite well for any given setup but only one or two will do both well for your bow.

Having said all that, the Sims regular S-coil adorns most of my hunting bows these days because it works fairly well in both categories and is also really inexpensive compared to most of its competitors.

RE: What is the best stabilizer IYO?
 

You need to get the one that works for you and your bow. Try a bunch of them.

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I've tried, and still own many of the ones I've tried, S-coils, old-school Doinkers, new Carbon Elite Hunter Doinkers, Archer's Choice X-sorbers...

Out of all the ones I've tried on my hunting bows, the one that I've finally settle on is made by Stealth Archery. They're built with a 60/40 weight disbursement, so you can flip the stab over to see which way feels "right" for your shooting style, are available in four inch (8 oz.), six inch (10 oz.) or eight inch (12 oz.) sizes.

While I'm extremely pleased with how they help me aim and point the bow, it's really their sound-dampening qualities that I'm most appreciative of.

I own three of the six-inch Stealth stabs, as well as a custom-order 11.5" Stealth for my 3d rig.

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how big of a stab should most be using??? seems to be that with current bows vibe absorption isn't the real problem so much as shot stability and these tiny little s-coil/mini-s-coil style stabs are gonna be pretty much useless for anything other than noise reductions... am i way off base on this???

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Like Greg, I've owned many different stabilizers and the thing is, I've never found one I couldn't live without. They are a simple concept. Get one that has dampening properties and feels right on your bow.

Right now on my 3 bows I have a Fuse Axium 10", a 12" Super Stix and a Wild Thing.

RE: What is the best stabilizer IYO?
 

How do you like you Wild Thing and your Fuse Axium? I was looking at both of those to put on my Marquis.:D It's going to be for hunting and 3D's. I was leaning more towards the Axium 10" because it's longer.


Mat

RE: What is the best stabilizer IYO?
 

Love them both. Again, simple concept. The Wild Thing is great for dampening, I actually have it on the Marquis as you spoke of.;) I have the Axuim on my Allegiance. No cons for either.

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Ditto for me...I use the 6 inch version on my hunting rigs. Good luck.

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This is pretty much going to be a "personal preference" issue, depending on how you like your bow to feel and react to the shot. I like my bow to gently tip forward after firing, and the three six-inch Stealths allow for that superbly on my hunting setups.

As far as the S-coils go... yes, I'd say you're right about their functionality; it's going to be limited to mainly vibration and noise reduction. A lot of people swear by them, and I bought one to try out with my Black Ice this year, since the bow is SO light to begin with... After shooting for over a week with it, I went back to my Stealths.

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I just bought a new Fuse Carbon CX Hunter last night, it's pretty cool. Definetly takes out some vibration and noise.

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I like heavy ones to stady my form.

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That is funny Greg because that is the stabilizer I used on my Black Ice this past season. :)

The benefit to the S-coils can primarily be in their noise and vibration reduction. They can also be beneficial in terms of balance and aiming if a bow is fairly balanced to be begin with and you want it to be slightly forward heavy or if the bow is slightly back heavy and you want it to sit fairly neutral during the shot.

For what it is worth I have used a variety of stabilizers in the past...Super Stix, Wild Thing, Sims Enhancer 2000/modular, NV system combinations. Each worked quite well for noise and vibration reduction. With some bows they also helped to balance the setup. As was mentioned above it really is going to come down to trying a variety of stabilizers with your particular setup. Folks can tend to prefer a different feel to their setups.

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Yeah, Frank... I thought the S-coil was the obvious choice to start with, so I wouldn't lose all the benefits the Black Ice offered in the weight-savings department -- and it sure kept it light, that's for sure. That bow was almost TOO light for me. I think that's why I prefer the Marquis... though I know you've been pleased as a new puppy with yours.

I do wish they'd put the grip that's on the Black Ice on all the other models as well, though. Best factory grip I've EVER felt... and better than most custom ones, too.

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I haven't read all the replies, so forgive me if this has been mentioned. Didn't the S-Coil win stabilizer of the year for '07?

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One of the best reads on stabilization I have ever found. It's written by George Ryals. When this guy speaks about technical stuff, listen and absorb as much as you can!

http://www.archerylive.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=258

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RJ,

not really in the mood to signup for another site, can you cut-n-paste the text here??

THX!!

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Yep, that's a great article GRIV wrote there...

There was also a great review on a multitude of stabs in the last issue of Arrow Trade, if anyone happens to have one of those lying around.

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Sorry, but it's copyrighted, and I respect him too much to do that. Sorry to be a PITA.