String Leech?
 

Im having trouble getting an answer in the archery gear review forum.. Anyone use the string leech? Your thoughts on performance? Easy to put on?

Thanks, much appreciated

Adam Bowman

RE: String Leech?
 

Better than the old cat wiskers. Never put them on as they came on my bow though.

I seem to remember some having trouble keeping them on speed bows. Kept shearing them off.

RE: String Leech?
 

i have used the string leaches since the first came out.....i like them....some dont cause after a while they do break....but thats jsut the way it works sometimes it will break if you have a bow that shoots very hard and they dont last as long......they do have a new one out now that isnt supposed to break as bad but i havent got to try them yet....im waitin on my new bow commin in to try them out

RE: String Leech?
 

i have them and use them.. best vibration reducer i have ever used! breakafter about 300 or so shots though..

RE: String Leech?
 

i used the "super sting leech" or something...it had straight arms, not the bent ones like some do...the "arms" came perpindular off the string...

now im using Fuse String Shox....i love them...they got "leech arms" as well as alot more rubber in the shox part...the leech arms are also shaped to go around the string when they are shot...

i got probably 1000 shots from my last set of string shox...i dont even think my leeches EVER went bad...string went bad lonnnnng before the leeches did...

RE: String Leech?
 

They work great but I have the problem of after a couple hundred shots they split in the middle and need to be replaced. May be normal wear and tear for them though ?? not sure.

RE: String Leech?
 

Thanks for the input everyone. I ended up getting some, and when they eventually break,I'm gonna try the super string leech.
I was tired of replacing cat whiskers.

Thanks again

RE: String Leech?
 

Whiskers last a long time if you cut them down to the size of a half dollar, and tied right. I tried to get away from them, butafter four years, I came back to them, and I'll keep using them for a long time to come, and no fuss or worry.

RE: String Leech?
 

I had string leeches on my bow, and the arms broke off. I went back to the good old cat whiskers, and haven't had a problem with them.

RE: String Leech?
 

Not the fastest bow, but I shoot 287fps and dont have any trouble with my leeches. Best string silencer made imho

RE: String Leech?
 

Theyre awesome. I've put a ton of shots on mine and havent had one break yet, so dont think theyre GUARANTEED to break.

RE: String Leech?
 

I had a problem with the leeches tearing apart in the middle. Using Cat Whiskers now.

RE: String Leech?
 

I never thought they did that much to help silence your bow until my bow started making a "noise". I had three different friends look at it and couldn't figure the noise out. We took parts (sight, rest) off only to still have the noise. We added limb silencers - didn't work. I took it to the shop and the owner spotted my string leech had come apart and was only a stub left.He put on a new set-noise gone!!

RE: String Leech?
 

I take my statement back....I had to have an emergency replacement string put on my bow. A cheap non twisted string...Leaches installed and not broke. Before then I was shooting a twisted string (Zebra) and they would break...but after atleast 1000shots....I used to shoot about 1000 a week and didnt have to replace NEARLY that often. Bow was shooting A LOT faster and harder then as well

RE: String Leech?
 

Ive put them on a bunch of bows. Not hard at all, if you got a string spliter of bow press. Also, you have to serve them on, or they will fly off. Which is not hard to do either. Once on, they last as long as your string, and they do a pretty good job. Even though I do not shoot compounds much, I have them on my compounds and like them

RE: String Leech?
 

I have used them but went back to the cat whiskers. I could tell quite a noticable difference in the sound/volume of my bow. It is much quieter with the whiskers IMO. Plus they look much cooler IMO