strings

bojangles · Post by **bojangles** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:10 am

Who on here makes strings to sell?I know Boo,gads,xbowkenny...any others..just curious.is adding cat whiskers worth losing fps?i currently am using the excal. excel string but would like the best combo of quietness and speed.i have a sts so should i just get the excal ff string so i have the speed of that string and to help quiet down some,my sts??any suggestions would be apprceiated.

Normous · Post by **Normous** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:22 am

I suggest a Boo one with Whiskers. The speed loss is very minimal. All mine have them. They make a noticable reduction in vibration and noise.
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mikej · Post by **mikej** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:41 am

i think the whiskers are well worth while i have them on a factory fast flight and they make a huge difference in noise

Peach · Post by **Peach** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:25 pm

I wouldn't worry about speed reduction...you shoot an excalibur...you have speed that the deer will never appreciate.

hikerman · Post by **hikerman** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:38 pm

I have a Boo string with cat whiskers and love it seem to reduce noise and I think they look cool.

Then I filled my rail with foam added a STS.
Overall quiet a bit of noise reduction.

Then I cut right down the cat whiskers and did not notice a increase in noise.
Removed the dissipating pads from the front of the bow and no increase in noise.

I think you can do different things to get some noise reduction.

Confused yet?

kyteach · Post by **kyteach** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:46 pm

One word
BOO!

one shot scott · Post by **one shot scott** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:49 pm

I have a boo with whiskers and an sts system. The perfect combination in my opinion. The bow is super quiet now compared to what it was, and still plenty fast. The first time i fired my exomax i just about sh*t my pants.

Stock sound was alot different than the sound a compound makes.

Now its comparable to a compound bow(I think)

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:55 am

All that talk of quiet is interesting BUT has anyone chroned their arrow to determine HOW much slower they are with whiskers? 10,20 ,30 fps slower? More? Sound travels at 4 times the speed of an arrow. NO sting noise is beyond a deer's hearing capability. The faster the arrow gets there the less chance the deer has to react. So, just how much slower is it getting there?
(No unsubstantiated opinions, please, I'm looking for actual chron readings).

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:42 am

I lost about 4 FPS with my Boo string with whiskers, according to my chrony. Minimal speed loss for a reduction in vibration.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:04 am

speed loss or not i find the whiskers make it more comfortable to shoot just my opinion

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:49 pm

Not to detract from the quality of Boo's admittedly excellent strings, or to deny the advantage of dampening systems, but shooting a heavy arrow will go about as far in reducing noise and vibration as some other efforts will, and will pay some dividends in terminal performance too.

Maybe shooting a heavy bow with all of these would be the ultimate combination!