Hoyt factory string suppresor

[Mark M]

Never thought much of string suppressors but if Hoyt and Mathews use them must be good.

[Jean Lafitte]

rubber should be kept to stabilizers

[Eberbachl]

I think they are junk.

I think the bow manufacturers put them on bows not because they work, but because the current trend is to sell a bow with as much rubber vibration absorbing junk as possible.

It helps sell bows. That is all ;)

I rip 'em straight off.

I don't like them because they will break off at some stage, and your sight settings are likely to change as a result. This may be in the middle of a tournament or important hunting trip.

Rip 'em off, and chuck 'em I say.

:D

[Progen]

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Rip 'em off, and chuck 'em I say.

:D

Rip them off and sell them to someone who likes them. Better? :D

[Purple Hats]

I have seen them come off and stuff up someone's shoot - not exactly what you'd want. Don't seem to make a huge difference, most people around here take them straight off.

[DanceswithDingoes]

Admittedly this quote is from the Mathews Forum, but it was penned by someone who was invited to the Hoyt product launch in Salt Lake City Utah. He has some concerns over the new silencer.
the tech guy went into big explanations of all the bows and new 2007 technologies like the stealthshot (which they said they had perfected to make it better than the STS [which is only true about the rubber damper which cups the string and I beleive dampens it faster]) What I worry about that is after enough shots the carbon fiber rod will fracture without the person knowing it and the sharp piece will be propelled into someone's arm but I dont know if that will happen. You gotta love that last minute disclaimer ;)

[Marcus]

hang on, if you read that the guy is saying that HE worries about it.
I have the same concern with the conventional STS. After enough shots the metal arm could fracture causing it to fly across the field and straight into the eye of the closest baby. I nickname these 'baby killers'. "

[Eberbachl]

hang on, if you read that the guy is saying that HE worries about it.
I have the same concern with the conventional STS. After enough shots the metal arm could fracture causing it to fly across the field and straight into the eye of the closest baby. I nickname these 'baby killers'. "

Won't somebody think of the children!

[Jean Lafitte]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Marcus again.

[Jean Lafitte]

hang on, if you read that the guy is saying that HE worries about it.
I have the same concern with the conventional STS. After enough shots the metal arm could fracture causing it to fly across the field and straight into the eye of the closest baby. I nickname these 'baby killers'. "

Something I've always been curious about:

If the string sits on the STS while at rest, what happens when the archer shoots and the string comes forward of the brace height?

[Marcus]

best thing is to not let it rest on the STS, keep it a few mm off it and it just touches when the string crosses brace height.

[Jean Lafitte]

I've only seen people have it sitting right against the string - I guess that thought never crossed their minds.

[Progen]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Marcus again.

Fat load of poo you're going to do to ANYONE. :rofl:

I suppose recurve bows will need a slightly wider string supressor if it ever made its way into our territory.

[Mark M]

I have not heard to many good reports about sts systems hence the post, i believe that for hunting they could be okay but as for target overkill.