When I received my Finger Savers, I was concerned about the size of the opening vs the size of my recurve bow string. I tried to put them on according to the instructional video on Pine Ridge’s website with no luck. So I decided to wing it. I used a blow dryer to warm the rubber while I slid it over my string using the included threaded in the package. It took a bit of coaxing and rewarming with the hair dryer, but all in all I only spent about 5 minutes getting them on my string. Now that they’re on, I’m very happy with the way they fit and feel!
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I was a bit tentative about ordering this product at first, reading about how hard it was to get on. The diameter of the fingersaver is much smaller than the reinforced parts of the bowstring loop at the end.
However it is not that hard. Just: 1. watch the video at their website after selecting the fingersaver tab. note how the guy in the video uses the Cotter pin on the string loop, AND how he uses PLIERS to hold the end of the cotter pin, leaving his other hand free to push/pull the fingersaver over the reinforced parts of the bowstring loop. It’s a bit of a “taffy pull (I may be dating myself), but the rubber is stretchy and it is a bit hard to just push from the back end of the saver OR to just pull from the front end. It bunches up a bit; so just pull on the front end a bit as it stretches, THEN push it some more over the loop from the backend of the fingersaver. hope that makes sense.
2. the other thing that made it go fast was to have someone else put some tension on the string by holding the reinforced MIDDLE part of the bowstring. The fingersaver goes on a lot quicker that way; it just feeds on so much easier. good luck. i really like these.
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there rubber so put them in boiling water for around a minute or two like a mouth piece for football they will slide right on and then strick down real tight
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These are great!,
Now that they’re on, I’m very happy with the way they fit and feel!
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|not hard to get on,
However it is not that hard. Just:
1. watch the video at their website after selecting the fingersaver tab. note how the guy in the video uses the Cotter pin on the string loop, AND how he uses PLIERS to hold the end of the cotter pin, leaving his other hand free to push/pull the fingersaver over the reinforced parts of the bowstring loop. It’s a bit of a “taffy pull (I may be dating myself), but the rubber is stretchy and it is a bit hard to just push from the back end of the saver OR to just pull from the front end. It bunches up a bit; so just pull on the front end a bit as it stretches, THEN push it some more over the loop from the backend of the fingersaver. hope that makes sense.
2. the other thing that made it go fast was to have someone else put some tension on the string by holding the reinforced MIDDLE part of the bowstring. The fingersaver goes on a lot quicker that way; it just feeds on so much easier. good luck. i really like these.
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|there great,
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