What's everybody shooting (and paying) for strings?

[S.Clancy]

I will second to avoid the wax less stuff because it is slick and that seems to cause several peoblems. I prefer x99 or 452x. I make my own, but I have had several sets of winners choice and some catfish and the two best strings I have ever had by someone else were the factory sets on my rx8u and conceptx. Maybe get some from Hoyt. That would honestly be my recommendation based on the little experience I have with different "custom" strinproblems. Good luck.

I've only got 452x in my recent strings. I do all my own work on my bow and like dealing with that material.

 

[jjschuh]

I ran gas Ghost strings on my vtm last spring until this year, couple trips out west and bow hunting back home and full year of shooting daily and they're in good shape yet.

 

[Yooper]

Vec99 from Catfish have been the most stable string sets I've used in a while. Zero complaints.

 

[Ac338]

Catfish Vec99 here as well. Haven’t had slippage issues when using Halo to serve the peep in.

 

[LFC911]

I've tried a bunch of different string makers. I got tired of having to twist or untwist all the time after putting them on. ABB are the only ones that go on and perfectly match my marks every time. They're worth it for me. I picked up a set of Platinums for $50 from them last year for my Mathews Traverse when they had them deep discounted.

X2 for ABB

 

[sndmn11]

That’s the same as the hamskea/gillingham method.

It works phenomenally on 452x. The waxless stuff is just so darn slick, you can still get a peep to slide. My buddy missed a 330” bull because his peep slid about half an inch on a hunt a few years ago. His strings were really pretty though lol.

I get why builders like the waxless stuff. It’s much less mess on their end. On the shooter’s end, I only see downsides on the waxless side.


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I thought the Hamskea method they are wrapping up the legs rather than half hitches?

 

[Joshk358]

I've got a set of platinum ABBS on my RX1 for 3 years. Getting to be time to change them, but they have been great, zero issues with stretching or wear. I shot at least a couple arrows every day, so a fair number of shots on them.