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Ive been using the Crossover archery 821 for the past few years. For those that don't know its an adjustable stabilizer from 8" to 21". I originally liked it because if I was shooting longer ranges in open country I would stretch that thing all the way out, but if I was in tight quarters white tail hunting I could keep it at 8". It worked well for me but early this season two things happened. One is that the end section of the crossover came out while on a hunt. While I was able to backtrack and find it, it became glaringly obvious that this was a problem that could be avoided with a solid bar.
The other thing that happened was I added a back bar to my setup. Originally without the back bar I did not really notice a difference in point of impact with the crossover set at different distances it just would slow my float down. Once I added the back bar my poi was different when the stabilizer was set at different lengths so I kept trying it at different lengths until I settled on about 15" as my sweet spot for best shooting with the back bar attached. With 15" in mind I bought three different stabilizers and was comparing them while shooting.
For reference I'm shooting a Lift 33, 29.5 draw, 80% let off, 506grain arrow.
The three I bought were:
AAE mountain series 15, $90, actual length: 16" end to end, overall weight 205g
Bee stinger microhex 15, $109, actual length: 15 5/8, weight 193g
Cutter pronghorn 15", $160, actual length 15 7/8, weight 166g
The AAE mountain series I liked the aesthetics of how it looked on my bow best but that's pretty low on my priorities list. The end that connects to the bow flares out so is the same size as my quick disconnect which I liked as it sat flush. The bad though is this thing turned my bow into a complete tuning fork. With the crossover my bow was totally dead in hand with no vibration felt after the shot. The AAE added so much vibration back into the bow I kept looking it over to make sure it wasn't some sort of user error but after googling some other reviews it seems others have experience this as well.
The Cutter is the one that I wanted to like the most even though it was significantly more expensive than the others. Its the thinest but not by much, and is also a small American made business which I like supporting if it's the right move. This was overall the lightest of the group that I tried. It seems really well built which I appreciated. Down sides for me was the part that attached to my quick disconnect is slightly smaller which other than aesthetics wasn't really an issue. The other down side was I was still feeling some vibration after the shot. Not anywhere close to the AAE but there was still some. If I had come from a stabilizer that wasn't so dead before I probably wouldn't have noticed it but it was definitely there for me. One difference that can be pointed out is the cutter does not have any sort of rubber dampener added to it. It's very probable that if you added one like the others had it would be completely dead but my thought process was that if I was spending that much more for it I shouldn't really have to start adding stuff to dampen that vibration.
The Bee stinger microhex is the one that I wound up going with. It was middle of road in terms of pricing and weight. It also added no vibration after the shot back to the bow and felt like my bow always had before. It does have a large rubber dampener at the end so my guess is that has something to do with it. Like the cutter, where it attaches to the bow its slight smaller than my quick disconnect but I can live with it as it does not seem to effect actual shot at all. Overall I'm very happy with this one and glad I ordered all three because the microhex was the lowest on my radar and I was surprised that it was what worked best for me.
The other thing that happened was I added a back bar to my setup. Originally without the back bar I did not really notice a difference in point of impact with the crossover set at different distances it just would slow my float down. Once I added the back bar my poi was different when the stabilizer was set at different lengths so I kept trying it at different lengths until I settled on about 15" as my sweet spot for best shooting with the back bar attached. With 15" in mind I bought three different stabilizers and was comparing them while shooting.
For reference I'm shooting a Lift 33, 29.5 draw, 80% let off, 506grain arrow.
The three I bought were:
AAE mountain series 15, $90, actual length: 16" end to end, overall weight 205g
Bee stinger microhex 15, $109, actual length: 15 5/8, weight 193g
Cutter pronghorn 15", $160, actual length 15 7/8, weight 166g
The AAE mountain series I liked the aesthetics of how it looked on my bow best but that's pretty low on my priorities list. The end that connects to the bow flares out so is the same size as my quick disconnect which I liked as it sat flush. The bad though is this thing turned my bow into a complete tuning fork. With the crossover my bow was totally dead in hand with no vibration felt after the shot. The AAE added so much vibration back into the bow I kept looking it over to make sure it wasn't some sort of user error but after googling some other reviews it seems others have experience this as well.
The Cutter is the one that I wanted to like the most even though it was significantly more expensive than the others. Its the thinest but not by much, and is also a small American made business which I like supporting if it's the right move. This was overall the lightest of the group that I tried. It seems really well built which I appreciated. Down sides for me was the part that attached to my quick disconnect is slightly smaller which other than aesthetics wasn't really an issue. The other down side was I was still feeling some vibration after the shot. Not anywhere close to the AAE but there was still some. If I had come from a stabilizer that wasn't so dead before I probably wouldn't have noticed it but it was definitely there for me. One difference that can be pointed out is the cutter does not have any sort of rubber dampener added to it. It's very probable that if you added one like the others had it would be completely dead but my thought process was that if I was spending that much more for it I shouldn't really have to start adding stuff to dampen that vibration.
The Bee stinger microhex is the one that I wound up going with. It was middle of road in terms of pricing and weight. It also added no vibration after the shot back to the bow and felt like my bow always had before. It does have a large rubber dampener at the end so my guess is that has something to do with it. Like the cutter, where it attaches to the bow its slight smaller than my quick disconnect but I can live with it as it does not seem to effect actual shot at all. Overall I'm very happy with this one and glad I ordered all three because the microhex was the lowest on my radar and I was surprised that it was what worked best for me.
