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I got one last week, this is my first real bow. Shipped directly from Sanlida, customer service is excellent, responds fast, and got the bow pretty quick. I'm extremely happy with it and despite being a newbie shooting very accurately with this.
@naomarik,I had mine delivered 4days ago,direct from Sanlida also,Strung my x8 with the 57''D97 string and the brace height was way to low,I put countless twists in the bottom end which only gave a brace height of 5'' ,no way can I get to my 7 1/2'' BH.
@@rusty7720 take it to a pro shop, tell them youre trying to adjust the brace height and theyll help ya get it squared away. theyll prob even do it for free if you buy a string or arrows or something from them. its definitely possible. ive heard others say in comes at like 5 inches and they just had to twist the loop on the bottom to tighen up those limbs but that its perfect after. maybe they accidentally sent you a string thats too long. just go to the shop, tell them you need to buy a string and get it put on the bow....theyll set it up for ya friend
Great video Jeff but the Last 2 recurves that you showed us don't have left handed models. Which is very disappointing but maybe the next one will have both right and Left handed 👍
Another bow I wish you try is the Oak Ridge Diamond 62 inch recurve bow? Right and left hand models and a strong diamond wood riser. I believe great reviews also
I love the tips and tricks that you give. You are one of two Archery channels that I watch every time you put out a video. You’ve put me into a quandary Jeff. Which Sanlida bow do I buy. The Royal X8 or the Eagle X9 takedown. Great videos on both.
Ok i have a samick sage and i love that bow, loud bow but obviously can be sorted. Im half thinking of getting a long bow, but now im seing these everywhere and nobody has a bad thing to say about them. I think this will be my next purches. Thankyou 🙏
Great video Jeff. I have a bow I’d like to see you get your hands on. I think you would really like, an omega royal huntsman longbow built by Kegan McCabe.
Thanks Jeff. I went ahead and bought the x8 recurve AND the x8 longbow. In fact, for what I paid for my Black Widow longbow, I can also buy an Oberon longbow AND an Oberon recurve as well, which is what I intend to do. Four bows for the price of one BW and it doesn’t kill deer any more dead. More bows>one bow
I bought one to check out, nothing in the manual about brace height, what brace height are you using Jeff? The bow reminds me of and extra pretty Howatt Hunter which was a might good shooting bow.
That bow is wicked fast.just ordered me one now after this video. Comes with a case also.im ordering me another custom ttt string because you got me hooked on them.nice seeing your dad with you.SHOOT STRAIGHT AND AIM SMALL MY FRIEND. hold it you already do.
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 Jeff I was looking at their spine chart as far as just ordering that way versus what came with the package but they’re spine charts a little particular it seems I’ve never seen a spine chart like that that’s why I figured I’d ask the expert I realize it has to do with my poundage and everything else but I was just trying to get an idea on how you thought they compare
Lol I still shoot compounds every now and then, I actually work on them pretty much non stop in the late summer for the locals, tuning and re stringing plus arrow builds and it’s definitely not as much fun as shooting traditional but each has it’s place and still bowhunting! 😁👍🏻
Thanks Jeff. I purchased this bow and have had it for 3 weeks. Unfortunately my bow has severe tiller problems so it will not tune at all. Its so bad it cant even be reworked! Have you experienced this with other X8 recurves before?
So finally got to shoot my X8 for the first time today. I had to tie a couple knots in the string to get the brace height to 8". I didn't add the silencers yet. I wanted to shoot it raw first. I was shocked it's a hell of a shooter. The arrows that come with it are to heavy for the bow. I have a 500 spine with 125 G tips. And it shot light out. I will add the silencers. Im a target shooter. Ive never been hunting.
Thank U for the review!!! I’ve been waffling around really wanting to get into trad hunting again. I’ve almost pulled trigger on a few custom bows but for $1000+ I’ve been really hesitant. Think this bow will tell me if it’s worth taking the $$$ leap for one of the beautiful customs. Again thank you!!!
Just start off with a 49# for sure and then you can eventually go up if you ever want to but it’ll give you a really nice experience with great performance and you can get some great Gold Tip traditional arrows in 600 spine for it and you’ll be happy!
so my bow arrived Monday. I’m just shooting the supplied arrows at moment just to get shooting. I bought a #45 bow since my compound draw is 28” and I figured with a recurve it may shorten up a bit making it closer to 42-43#. Well turns out after shooting bow for about 6hrs this week I am drawing a full 28”. What would you suggest for a hunting setup on my arrows. I was planning on buying some warriors but not sure what length or weight to shoot up front. Just curious on a ballpark if you had a suggestion?
@@pathfinder5804 okay I’d definitely go with the warriors and it really depends on how long you are going to cut them so let’s say 30” with 100 grain brass inserts and 150-200 grain tips a 400 spine, if less point weight and any shorter you can easily shoot 500’s no problem 👍🏻
Thanks that helps a lot!!!! Funny I’ve only shot trad for a min earlier in life and wasn’t good at it at all!!!! Was lucky to hit a 24x24 target at 20yds with regularity. Think watching a ton of your videos and a few others on RU-vid has changed my success. Thought I’d be a gap shooter for sure but turns out the more I try and I’m with my tip the more inconsistent I’m shooting. Seems I’m having better luck kinda focusing on a spot and with both eyes open kinda feeling where tip is and releasing. In the short time shooting I’ve been able to basically hit a 12in pie plate most of the time. Can’t thank you enough for sharing your knowledge!!!!!
Good video, just remember this is a clone of Damon Howatt Super Diablo from '70s that was after reintroduced as Martin Dream Catcher. These two were performers like all the DH bows and the clone is showing this too.
That's crazy!! $135?? I started with a samik sage and it was so expensive after you purchase multiple limbs. Is that glove from Big Jim's? How do you like it?
I'm torn between the eagle x9 and this bow..I won't have my BW until October or November so I'm looking for something cheap in the meantime...im leaning towards the royal because I won't need to change to a better sting...Your thoughts matter?im getting different arrows either way
Man, I just received my Royal X8 yesterday and I'm impressed by the bows quality. Shot it and is smooth, quiet, and accurate. Trying to find what brace height it likes, running 7.5 inches? Excited to spend some time with it and get arrows tuned for it. Thanks for the videos brother.
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 Jeff,how do you get your BH to 7 1/2'' with the supplied D97 string? My X8 arrived 4days ago from Sanlida with a 57'' D97 string ,no way can I get near 7 1/2'' .Did you purchase a shorter string?
@@rusty7720 mine was really close out of the box, sounds like it’s about 1/2” short and I’d definitely recommend getting them to send you another one for it but in the meantime just twist it up as much as possible lol
From the distance here, reminds me of an old Martin wich back in the day excellent bow, but obviously for the price quite amazing, especially in this world where everything costs you an arm or a leg👌
So my draw length with a compound bow is 31 inches, I am new to traditional, so I don’t know what I will draw. do I have to have a super long bow or can I shoot a bear grizzly
So I’ve gotten my arrows in and got a tip test kit. I have my arrows at 30in. They seem to fly got with 200-225gr up front. My string has settled in at 7 1/2in brace after two weeks of shooting. So after making my arrows up they only weight out at 493gr which is right at 11gr per pound. Is this ok for hunting?
I have been shooting this X8 for a couple days now, can I ask you what your brace height is set at? And did you say your shooting gold tip Warriors I have the gold tip traditionals at 30 inches shooting 150 grain field tip. With a 28 1/2 inch draw length, What would you recommend as far as field tip weight?
7 inch brace height on the Sanlida for me. I shoot full length, gold tip traditional with brass 125 grain inserts and 125 broads. It's A 19.2 FOC. Extremely quiet, hard hitting darts
after days and days of going back and forth, i landed on this bow for my first bow. im ordering the 35lbs version so i can learn form and get a base level of skill down and then ill upgrade to that NYX 3k carbon recurve haha
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 its ordered and will be here friday! theres also a local 3d shoot coming up in a few weeks right down the road from my place so im looking forward to getting it tuned up and practice a bit before the event! thanks for the reviews and all the info and helping me select my first traditional bow!
3:57 I think i messed up posting on your video a couple days ago....i deleted it....i was in the mountains camping and had very little reception......you crack me up because every bow you shoot is the most awsome bow......it might be because you are a good shot and the bow has a lot less to do with it than most think....i really believe you could shoot a bent straw well. .the last bow like that i bought i used an entire bottle of super glue....fixing the gaps i could get my finger nail in......its hard to even contemplate buying a chinease bow after shooting widows......vapor....ect......i must say it looks good....hard to get a tacoma guy to go to a kia
Lol In some cases that’s probably true and I used to think that myself but here lately I’ve had some straight up shooters sent to me and that X8 is one of them, there’s a lot of Chinese bows on Amazon that are actually good quality and this Sanlida company has been around for 25 years and they just sent me an ILF rig that’s got a T6061 machined riser and carbon foam limbs and D97 string that blows away most any ILF rig I’ve shot for speed and smoothness and it’s quiet! But it’s their own design not a copy of a satori or anything but seriously some are really good and it’s just an option for the guys that can’t afford a premium good ol USA bow and there is a difference especially with wood bows and limb cores but even now there’s a ton of affordable options out there with carbon bamboo limbs like the latest ones I just got sent from 3rivers! The Oberon they are super sweet and cost $399! But still not a custom bow just really nice and beautiful 👍🏻
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 i see. But you gotta understand im old school here.....been in trad archery since about 1990.......im pretty hard core.....great youtube channel man.....really top notch..........throw more shooting advice.........its straight up good stuff.. . I shot an absolute monster with my vapor last november and i crack up at your vidios.......your really good.......very good........im good....buy watching you ive got work to do and im a trad guru...........your darn good.......keep those episodes coming......your absolutely perfect for this.......your enthusiasm for trad archery is exactly what people need....i watch your cast and grab my bow and go shoot in the snow.......keep doing it......its awsome
GREAT VIDEO!!! .....as usual!!! ..........I clicked and subscribed to your channel 2 yrs ago. Hi Jeff, this is Jeff Bryan and I live down in San Antonio, TX, but have also lived in Oregon (before it got crazy) and Idaho, plus a short stint in Alaska. I might go hunt those places in the future. Also, I have got 3 Toelke longbows and a Centaur Triple Carbon Elite that is an absolute monster killer (0.56 momentum and more). My question is, do you think the Sanlida Royal X8 60 inch one piece will draw to 31" or 31.5" without stacking? I like the speed and the price, plus how quiet it is and would like to add a recurve to the stable am not ready to spend $950 - $1850 per bow like I have done with my current longbows. Thank you. Jeff Bryan
Thanks brother and honestly I think it’s going to stack a bit at the long draw but with that said they are very hard shooters and if you get a 40# you’ll probably be happy with it and they’re feather light so you really need to run a quiver and the factory D97 strings work best on them no doubt but for the money they’re killer bows!
In my opinion it is like the bear paw creed....all howatt hunter knock offs....howatt should have patent protected that design. Which id recommend if the buyer can swing. It
You’re sure it’s a 45-pound bow? In the video of Peter Juulsgaard, it's exactly a 45# bow but the speed of the bow at 28" is 175FPS with 10 grain by pound!
@@fabienlarcher4552The Sanlida Royal X8 performs good for a bow this design and material. But it’s not in the high end of the speed chart. But duo to the design you can easily pull it a little extra, and pull upon release and it’ll easily give you 10 fps extra. But that doesent really tell much about the bows performance
It looks like the Black Hunter has finally met its match. Especially considering that the Black Hunter comes with a cheap string, the Sanlida is actually cheaper overall.
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 I've killed a few deer with my Black Hunter and don't have any complaints, but if they made the Sanlida in a left-handed version I'd be tempted to upgrade.
I was at a friends house and got to talking about traditional archery. He pulls out an Earl Hoyt Jr three piece Longbow that's 60# at 28. It's exactly what I'd like, but the limbs geez my Great Plain Longbow is 52# and that's a lot. Questions are: is the bow decent? Can I get lighter limbs for it? I did a little google searching. Seems some like it.
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 This must be a different model then. It's definitely a three piece takedown. I held it in my hands. Had a bunch of stuff written on the lower limb. I swear it said Rogue on it. It's exactly what I want IF I could get limbs for it. What I would really like is a striker with 40 and 50 pound limbs. I'd like to shoot the thing before I buy it though. I don't live far from Lancaster Archery, but they don't sell Striker bows. If I do everything right on my 52# Great Plains Longbow I shoot it very well. I feel the extra draw weight is going to instill some bad habits. And I can feel it when it's not right. I've shot compounds for decades and dabbled in traditional the whole time.
Is it wrong that I string my longbow by hooking it between my lower legs? I put the lower tip on top of my left foot and behind my right thigh and just pull it around my body with my right arm and slide the string onto the limb with my left hand.
I still shoot my old excaliber phoenix crossbow and its so big now its like your bow mounted on a crossbow lol you were talking fast and i was wow cant wait to see this ?????then i was like wa wa thats super slow ???nice looking bow tho im not into these new crossbows but i do like my old original recurve excalibers
where would you set the nock point on this bow for the arrows that come with it? im ordering a bow square and some nocks for it since it dont come with it
@@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 I am already fairly strong and throw around heavy weights. Do you think I should bump the weight up a little bit or leave it be?
Jeff, loved the video so much I purchased one of these X8 Recurves. You also got a subscriber! What would your opinion be for arrows regarding this X8?: My draw length is 27.5". I'll be using this X8 and a White Feather Lark ILF with carbon limbs, both 50# I'm looking at Black Eagle Vintage 500 spine, 30.5" carbon arrows with a 150 grain tip, 12 gr nock, 14 grain insert. I would love to hear your opinion. God Bless!
I’m aware of his dislike of the companies promoting practices involving him and his image but the fact is they make excellent equipment at a great price and that’s what interests me.
I got a 31.5 draw that says 28 draw would i be able to shoot that without messn it up sorry if question is goofy ive always shot compounds never messrd with recurves
Ive recieved the bow now and got to shoot it a lil before work and its really nice,shoots good ,nice and quite.i wish iy was a lil heavier but if you like them lite youll be in heaven with this bow
I know this is different topic, but what are your thoughts on Cutthroat 1.5 inch cut heads? I know you have had hunts with other single bevels with little to no blood, but they have a lot less cutting diameter. Would appreciate your thoughts???
long riser, short limbs, excellent hunting bow design. The Howatt, Super Kodiak, and the old Browning I’ve been shooting, same idea, all great shooters.
@@fabienlarcher4552 What draw weight? Higher draw weights can often get better speed at the same grains per pound than a lighter bow. If the bow is well designed, you can add more draw weight with a very small incremental increase in the mass of the limbs. When you account for the mass of the arrow and the mass of the limbs, the higher draw wight bow is pushing fewer total grains per pound than the lower draw weight bow.
@@fabienlarcher4552 no sir I didn’t, I just shot it at my draw sort of comparing it to other recurves I’ve had and noticed it was really quick so I decided to shoot it through the graph just to see exactly how fast it really was at my draw and that’s why I was so impressed with the speed and sound of it!
American made bows are still selling great, I was just at a major shoot last weekend and every bow company was selling plenty just like always but there were also tons of budget imported bows as well it’s just a matter of price for most.
The SAS Maverick appears to be the exact same bow. 60” one piece recurve that looks identical to this Sanlida. You can get left handed bows from SAS. The negative is they’re selling them for $60 more.
@instinctiveaddictionarcher8998 thank you for the info I have been thinking about buying one of the Oberon bows but I couldn't find out much about them since they are very new to 3 rivers
