Stabilizer

[TexasEx57]

What makes a stabilizer "good" ? What features do you look for? How do you know it will match your bow without trying one out? Is longer better?

Thanks

[Tx.Fisher]

I like the heavier ones, they seem to absorb more of the vibration and reduce the sound of the shot. You can't go wrong with the Limbsavers.

[bowaddict40]

I like one that is about 7-8" long with weight out on the end. Really deadens the vibration. I like the dead center stabs.

[JacobTyler]

Ive got a trophy ridge one thats about 6" long, it works great

[Fordman]

I am wondering the same thing. I just have a cheap rubber stabilizer on my bow and I have trouble sometimes getting the bubble centered to make my shot and I am thinking a better stabilizer will help but I do not really want to add much weight to my bow.

[Okiehunter]

Most folks do not understand what a stabilizer should do for you.

First, it should hold your bow steady both while at full draw and at the time of release. When a hunter is holding at full draw, there are forces built up in the cables, limbs, etc. When the arrow is released, these forces change suddenly. These changing forces affect the bow in addition to the flight of the arrow. The job of the stabilizer is to resist the movement of the bow resulting from these forces.

The most common way used in slowing down any objects movement is to make it heavier. If torque were not a factor, the answer would simply be to increase the mass weight of the bow. However, since torque is are at play, the weight is much more effective when it is moved away from the center of rotation. This is the very reason tight rope walkers use a very long pole, golf clubs have the head, and the very end of baseball bats are bigger and heavier at one end.

A stabilizer is doing its job if it slows down movement of the bow and reduces torque introduced by the archer.

Any affect a stabilizer has on sound and vibration damping is secondary, IMO, to the real reason to use a stabilizer in the first place.


I like a STOKERIZED SS1 for hunting. The SS1 design improves the performance of your bow regardless of riser torque induced from sights, rests, quivers, bow geometry, and hand pressure.

Balancing your bow is as simple as following three easy adjustments to help eliminate unwanted bow movements by positioning, transferring and distributing weight in and around the vertical axis of the bow where you need it.

Kind of a long answer to a short question.

[Fordman]

well I am sold,must have one of those as soon as possible

[23wyatt]

I'm still struggling to find a good stabilizer that will also dampen vibration and quiet down the bow a bit.

[txdukklr]

stabilizers ability to dampen and quiet is almost nil and poorly advertised solution. There are other ways to accomplish that.

Stabilizers stabilize the bow when you shoot, longer with weight on the end is the way to go. You can also use components like the SS1 to offset weight on the other side of the bow.

I personally didn't like the ss1 and use the bstingers, there are a lot of great stabilizers but the best ones are the ones that help you hold on shot and have nothing that affects sound or vibration. Vibration deadening is a positive consequence of the additional weight.