I have been told for a while about how great limb savers can be for quieting a bow but had never tried because I didn't want to ruin the traditional look of my recurve.
I got them mostly to help reduce the overall wear and tear to my limbs but bow do they make a difference with both vibration and noise!
...BTW if you see my mistake in application go ahead and call it lol I wasn't thinking about the whole picture when I put them on

I hate them......they look awful and just seem like they don't belong. Now, let me be clear, the darn things work and I have them on several of my recurves and a couple of my longbows......what can I say!!  

They do help a bow.

A piece of fishing line or floss will slide under the tape and lift her off for re-positioning.

Do they affect your tune?

I have not tried them yet, but am considering it.

I would though make sure I have a strap on quiver so you don't have to tear them off when removing a slide on selway  

QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:
I hate them......they look awful and just seem like they don't belong. Now, let me be clear, the darn things work and I have them on several of my recurves and a couple of my longbows......what can I say!!      

they definitely work, we just need to make up a good story to get them classified Traditional ... LOL

I do not use them on all my bows but I do try them on the occasional " PROBLEM BOW "

I am suspicious that the reason they work on a trad bow is because they slow the limbs down. A compound may not be so affected. It is similar with placing 2 extra silencers on a string- I suspect some of that noise reduction is again slowing the string down. I could be completely wrong. Curious if anyone has experimented w a chronograph.

I think you have them placed pretty well at that location on the limbs.Maybe you saw my posts in the past about them?Or you experimented like me or you have good instincts.Or you got lucky:)

I have experimented with them alot.

I definatly found they dont work well toward the tips.When I shot my brothers Schafer years ago.I know how a schafer should feel without them.His bow did not feel right where he had them mounted.I knew right away the directions were wrong for light limbed traditional bows.You dont want the weight of the limbsaver up thier at the end of the limb.Fine for compounds I am pretty  sure.I wouldnt know about that for sure though.

I starting experimenting with them and placing them at various distances from the fadeouts of the riser.

Some recommended them at the fadeout or below fadeout of riser.In the case of a 3 PC T.D the end of the wedge or below.Doesnt make much sense if you think about it.Your trying to dampen out limb vibration.It wont do much if their not on the limb.At the fadeout or below the riser fadeout is not what I would recommend

So what I found was that 3-4 inches up the limb you get excellant results.They dampen out the limb and reduce handshock,vibration and noise.Just what you want!

I have made many bows very quiet and actually shoot more pleasant with them.I like them on hunting bows.You cant beat quiet and they will make any bow quieter.They will also make an awesome shooting bow that has objectionable noise be ready for the hunt.Thier are bows like that that really benifit.VeryFast,smooth,stable but a bit noisy for the hunt.Problem solved in my experience with limb savers.

I dont find they interfere with Speed when mounted as I described.If it does its neglible IMO.

I even use them on hunting bows that I consider quiet.I know thier ugly.But its not a beauty contest in the woods.A qiet bow is more important and could be the difference between a deer jumping the string or not.

You will have fun getting your quiver off.  I am sure they help.  I like a quiet bow.  When I see limb savers on a bow in the classifieds I move on because I figure it must be a noisy bow.

As far as non trad goes one could argue that skinny strings rubber cat whiskers and carbon arrows aren't traditional either. I use the bow jax myself right at the fades and they really do work. If it works use it and don't worry about whether its traditional or not

I use them on all my bows, whether I consider the bow noisy or not, just to smooth the bow's performance. You can't help but notice a considerable improvement in vibration AND noise reduction. I don't believe there is much, if any, speed impairment either. They may just live up to their name also.    

QuoteOriginally posted by iohkus:
... just to smooth the bow's performance. You can't help but notice a considerable improvement in vibration AND noise reduction. I don't believe there is much, if any, speed impairment either.    

Interesting comment and reminded me of something...Back in the day when I shot compound bows, one of the documented speed improvements was adding little rubber beads to the string.  I always thought "how odd".  But they are simple and they worked.

When you mentioned this...I wondered if these may be similar.  I don't care that much about speed, but I do like things that reduce noise without reducing performance, if that is the case with these.

I ordered a set of the new recurve limb savers. I am curious to see how they do....

QuoteOriginally posted by kadbow:
You will have fun getting your quiver off.  I am sure they help.  I like a quiet bow.  When I see limb savers on a bow in the classifieds I move on because I figure it must be a noisy bow.

Yep I guess I'll be keeping the quiver on for a bit

lt-m-grow .... "Limb Savers" are actually mounted to the bow's limbs (which was my main emphasis), but there are small devices intended to be strung onto the bowstring which do claim to increase speed AND quieten noise. I, however, have never used those (only the tie-on rubber spider types of string silencers) so can't qualify one way or the other.

Michael,

I put me a set of the big ones on my set of morrison max 4's that were had a good bit of vibration in them upon the shot.  When i put them on, it took out a lot of vibration and made the bow quieter.  I did install mine a little farther up the limb than you though.  I spoke with Bob Morrison about it and he said to install them half way between the fade outs and where the string contacts the limb.  I think mine are about 4" above the fadeouts.   I am going to get some for my centaur limbs as well.  No vibration, but there is a little ping in the limbs.  If it works, it'll be well worth it to me!

I have some on a couple of my bows.  They do work, but it sure is nice to shoot a bow like a TallTines Stickflinger where you don't need them to quiet the bow.

Place them on the end of the fade outs.
You don't effect the limb action and they still absorb some of the vibrations coming down the bow from the tips.

QuoteOriginally posted by Wheels2:
Place them on the end of the fade outs.
You don't effect the limb action and they still absorb some of the vibrations coming down the bow from the tips.

Not saying you're wrong or right. But, The manufacturer of my limbs told me to put it about 4" past the fade outs and it is doing a GREAT job!

ThenI would stick with that Daniel.