Doinker Long Rod

[wim]

i always wanted to try one but my shop doesn't have them (yet) !!!

[Medoc]

Thanks to Max who is letting me try the Doinker rod, I shot with it on Friday for the first time and it seemed to react well with the bow and my style of shooting, the bow seemed quieter than with my Beiter on it and I liked the fact that it wasnt as long as the beiter, so didnt have a massive fall away after the shot.

Surprizingly I shot a pb 574 FITA18 so I am going to try it again and see if I can get along with it some more, as Max said on the night there only £84 each (mmmm now how can I explain to Mrs Medoc how important my need is?)

[Max]

No problem mate! It's only money after all - and pain of course!. Money and pain in layers like a sandwich. Never spent so much money on a hobby before and ended up in anger management classes "tell me again Mr Max - you do this archery thing for fun do you?". Maybe I should practice more? Nah! More gadgets....

[Shirt]

Better archery through aggressive spending!

[pwiles1968]

Started with a cartel long rod with built in doinker, dumped it straight away (and I have only been shooting a matter of weeks), it does a great job of damping vibration but a really poor one of stabilising the bow during the release, the bow kicked up on firing and the weights just stay where they are, the doinker was effectively isolating the weights and allowing the setup to kick back, someone had a beiter which I tried and purchased second hand the difference was immediately noticeable.

[timppa]

I tried 34" Doinker A-Bomb Elite in my Apex. It was too heavy for that bow, so I am shooting with Beiter.
My father is shooting with 31" A-Bomb Elite, his bow is Hoyt Proelite. It works very well.
Doinker is very good stab, if I was shooting Hoyt I would have Doinker.

[doubletop]

have shot with a beiter rod and was very impressed with the dampening effect it was borrowed and they wanted it back so at mo am still without a long rod howver did take a look at the apollo stabilisers and at half price of beiters with very similar looks aand weights may be persuaded though i do like the merlin as well so may have to wait a while as the merlin is a good piece more expensive

[Li'l Boy Blue]

I had always shot Beiter since they first came out. loved the fact that it slowed the movement down but always found when it did start moving, the bugger wouldn't stop.
Tried the Doinker rod and it was nice but bloody hell are they expensive, so I found a cheaper option, just as effective:

Sebastien Flute 30" rod with RV damper
Cartel Off set compound V bar thingy
Cartel fomax damper stabiliser as a side weight.

Job done! Holds steady, feels good after the shot, side weight helps to level the bubble at full draw and cost me about £60 in total!!!

£30 change from a Doinker to go and celebrate my saving

[whisky]

Bowsports told me today that they are having trouble getting Doinker stuff in. Their January order came in yesterday.

If you want a long rod from them I'd act quick as they reckon they'll fly out the door?? (in a steady dampened way of course)

[Judge]

I know I shoot recurve but I have just purchased a Beiter Centraliser long rod and teamed it up with a hard A Bomb Doinker and end weight. I tried one at our DCAS Squad training session at the suggestion of our CCO, Jan Martin, and found it really settled the bow down and made the shooting much smoother. The bow is now a lot heavier though, but it's not noticeable at full draw, only when trying to adjust sights or fit an arrow to the string. I don't know about the Doinker rod, but a couple of our Squad guys tried comparing the two, and they say if you are in the market for a new stabiliser then the Doinker is worth a look, but they still preferred the Beiter.

Judge