string silencers
 

i like the sim lleches but they dont really last to long has any one tried the buzz buster that attaches to your cable guard for string slap to reduce noise

RE: string silencers
 

I believe somebody tried it with mixed results. It worked as advertized and quieted the string down as well or better than other string silencers, but produced a funny tear when paper tuning.

RE: string silencers
 

Can' t help ya . . . I have used cats whiskers since the 1960' s. Trimmed to about 1-1/2" long they work great fot me and it is the bottom line that counts . . . my pocket book rates next.

All that said I am a STRONG believer in Sims Products . . . just not the String Leaches . . . although they are great . . . they just don' t last long enough for my budget.

RE: string silencers
 

If you stretch a piece of peep tubing over the leech' s center and then install it they will last much, much longer. I haven' t had to replace mine yet and they' ve been on my string for 3 years -- approx. 2000 shots per year. I' m shooting a Mathews FX @ 70 lbs & 29" . If you try that method I' m sure you' ll see that it works.

RE: string silencers
 

Years ago, I used to use fur, then went with cat whiskers, then leeches. the leeches seems to work about the best, but I went back to the whiskers this year. Sick of replacing the leeches.

Jason, I am having a hard time picturing how to get the tube over the center of the leeches. How is that done?

RE: string silencers
 

I really can' t tell the difference with or without string silencers so I use none! My pro shop guy told me if you can' t tell the difference don' t use them, all they do is slow you down, especially with the newer bows being so high-tech! I am no expert but makes sense to me! I do use limb savers!

RE: string silencers
 

I have some bowjacks here sitting here waiting to go on a bow. I was excited to try them, but someone else told me that they don' t stay on real well. I guess I' ll have to try and see. I think it' ll be hard to beat good old cat whiskers.

RE: string silencers
 

hey guys thanks for the feed back.im gonna try the buzz buster and i will let u know if it makes any difference in accuracy and noise level

RE: string silencers
 

Hey I am new here but felt I should respond to this one. My brother just bought a thing called a Deadly Quiet. It goes on the cable guard and rests against the bow string. It works very well. I own a Mathews LX with string surpressors, and his bow with this Deadly Quiet on it is quieter than my bow. I think it is great because it doesn' t slow the string down, works very well and is very cheap to buy. Well I hope I helped a little. Look forward to reading more.

RE: string silencers
 

My bow came with string leeches already installed so I don' t know what--if any--difference they make. I thought mine were going to last forever until I read a thread here recently about them breaking off at the " turn" towards the tip. I thought mine were fine until I looked and saw that one end was broken off of each leech and the remaining two were getting there. I was told by a pro shop owner that they last longer if you wrap a piece of moleskin around the center before installing them--kinda like the peep-tubing idea, but I doubt that either of those methods would prevent the ends from breaking off.