I got a Parker Eagle bow. I know it's not that great of a bow, but I was one of those people who got lured into the "oh we recommend this bow" situation because I was inexperienced. Since I am going to be stuck with it for awhile I am going to do my best to make it the best dang Parker Eagle it can be. So my question is how do I figure out what size/strand string I will need to upgrade.
On the bottom limb sticker it should tell you what string and cable lengths are. If not let me know I will find them for you. As for strands unless you are building it the builder will know what to use. Hutch
You got yourself a perfectly adequate, no frills bow that will serve you well. Contrary to what most bow manufacturers want you to believe, accuracy and performance is more about the archer and not so much about the bow. Having said that, there are a few tweaks and accessories that can help an archer out. A good set of custom strings being one of them.
Thank you hutch and bb4tw. You were both correct. I honestly didn't even realize there was a sticker down there. Bb4 you hit the sizes right on the head. Thank yous again.
I had never heard of Parker before so I was checking out their line up and noticed the specs which I shared. I have to say that I'm impressed with their simple, no frills designs. They seem to be a great value. It's amazing what you can sell a quality bow for if you don't have to recoup a huge amount of advertising/sponsorship dollars.
Its a solid bow and will do you well. If your interested in a custom set let me know we back what we sell up to a year. Hutch
Thx hutch I will keep yous in mind when I go to my new strings. As for the bow itself it really isn't a bad bow. There are just some small things that need to be addressed to get it better. Like the string for instance. The stock string has peep rotation so I had to go with a tube style peep which has already tore on me 3 times with only owning the bow for one month. Also the serving around the cam has, what I would consider bad anyway, separated pretty bad. Also after shooting alongside some of the higher quality bows like mathews no cam and a hoyt spyder at my local indoor range I have learned it is a pretty loud bow. When I shoot it I can actually hear the vibration in it pretty clearly while the other bows are kinda just a quick swoosh kind of sound no vibration/rattling sounds. To help fix that I was looking into some cat whiskers for the strings and some single limb limb dampeners.
A new string and the proper tuning will solve a lot of noise issues. Ball cat whiskers will tame the vibration. Hutch
Here is a bow I still shoot and is very quiet now that I did some super tuning and changed up the strings.
