Any thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? Would like to pick up a portable press that works with today's parallel limbs. Don't want a stationary press as this may get used once per year for peep work or a restring. Otherwise I mostly want for it's portability to camp to work on others bows or my own "on the spot" I have no experience with them...any advice appreciated.
I have a bowmaster bow press. Its just a cable with a t handle that you turn down. It can be hard to turn especially if your bow is set for heavy draw. If you have a string suppressor it may get in the way, I take mine off. One time I left it on and scratched it up. Even though it has a few negatives I really like it I dont think there is a better portable press and I use it quite often saves me a bunch of trips to the bow shop. I think it was $50 although if you have split limbs you need to get an adapter also not sure what they cost. Anyway I highly reccomend it.
I have a bowmaster, and the adaptors for split limbs. I love it. You got to be careful with them. Make sure everything is correct to the limbs. Wouldn't want the thing to fly off a limb. I check, and recheck. Only bad news is "beyond parallel" bows.
I have the ratchet press. I works fine on my Mathews Drenalin. You just need to make sure you know how to use a ratchet strap correctly. I know that seems simple, but if you don't know how to correctly step the ratchet down under load, you could essentially dry fire your rig. I've had no issues with it and I like it cause I can take it anywhere.
I also have the ratchet press, you do have to take measures to assure you're using the ratchet strap correctly but if you take your time there are no issues. I'm very happy with it, I can do anything I need to do to my bow and now that I'm getting into traveling to hunt, it's a good reassurance that you can fix most issues that could arrise on the trip. The only problem I have is it did mark up the finish on my limbs a bit.
