Bowyers Review Sanlida Archery 60" Royal X8 Traditional Recurve

Shane and Nik review an Amazon traditional recurve bow. They go through the pros and cons of this bow. Find out if this bow is worth spending your money on.
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[@stevejohnson810]

Beautiful dogs,guys.I,ve never seen pointers so relaxed

[@greatplainsbow]

Well they're spoiled rotten. They live in the shop so they get lots of pets

[@johnwaight8967]

Love that y'all are assisting and appealing to every level of archer!!! Keep up the great work at Great Plains...

[@tomvawter4531]

Great idea! I'm definately interested in a reworked one piece bow like that. 👍

[@Helmbowman]

Looking forward to next episodes!

[@donavantew8278]

You’re collecting is museum grade my friend. Truly amazing

[@erickrewson6419]

Based on Jeff's review I bought an X8, mine arrived with a twisted upper limb and limbs so out of tiller that I had to nock a full inch above square to the shelf to shoot a clean hole when I paper tuned it. I have been making selfbows for over 26 years, my bows have won over a dozen national championships so I know what a bow is supposed to do. I sent the bow back. I bought a black hunter longbow and recurve to test; the first longbow came with the limbs so out of alignment the string was 1/2" off the shelf to the left. I sent it back and got a great bow the next time. The Black Hunter recurve was as good a shooting bow as I have ever owned or made.

[@pathfinder5804]

I bought one of these after watching Jeff Phillips video on it. I’m new to trad shooting and have gotten a bunch of shooting over the last 3 weeks. Bought 6 Gold Tip Warriors at a 400 spine cut to 30” w/50gr inserts the bow shoots darts with 200/250/300gr tips. With 200gr tips my total arrow weight is 537gr and my bow is shooting 45 @ 28”. I REALLY luv your videos and seeing how you rework bows. Your videos a few other trad guys videos are what got me into the traditional field. Wanna shoot a bunch before ordering a custom so I know what I’m gonna want. Once I do a call is surely gonna be made to Great Plains!!!

[@charlesdudley5800]

Same here, shooting a 500 spine with 125 grain tip. Shoots great

[@chazatkinson]

I probably will never be able to afford a great plains bow, but love these videos man.

[@greatplainsbow]

Thanks for watching!

[@127TROOP]

About to go look at these at 30lbs (I have lower spine issues and my Invicta compound is now up for sale…). I still want to shoot but not waste money on a high end trad bow if in a year’s time I have to give up all together. Really appreciate you guys doing this, it’s more than just helpful, the attention to detail you gave it helps when I go look, especially that glue line crack. And, like everyone else on YT the arrows are where I’ll spend my money…..thanks fellas……oh…and subbed! (Steve in the UK) 🤙

[@greatplainsbow]

@@127TROOP thanks Steve!

[@paullewis5045]

I was impressed with how quiet that bow was too. Also, the genuine impressions you guys had when the proper arrow came out of the bow. You may get the bow to the published weight with the tillering change. All very insightful changes ahead for that project and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

[@garykruta145]

Love y’all videos I get lots of great ideas please keep making them.

[@mikegreen7500]

Thanks for the honest review. 👍

[@anthonyforfare7223]

Great review, very detailed analysis 👍😁🏹 Thanks for your insight 😉😊 keep it coming ‼️😁👍 God bless.bless Y’all 🙏😇❤️🇺🇸

[@uglee4935]

I just found you guys on here really appreciate what you doing I've been a traditional bow hunter for most of my adult life I'm 58 years old so that's been quite a while I bought a self bow when I was 17 I have never changed use that bow my entire adult life but I'm getting older and I'm thinking about lighter poundage so I'll be checking you guys out a lot

[@Richard-ou3dv]

J'avais beaucoup aimé la vidéo sur l'amélioration du Black-hunter, j'avais appris beaucoup de choses ! Aussi c'est une super idée de tester des arcs du commerce ! J'ai hâte de voir la prochaine vidéo sur l' "upgrade" de ce Sanlida. Je regarde vos vidéos depuis longtemps mais je n'étais pas abonné, voilà c'est fait !

[@Witzansky4]

Looking forward to seeing your opinion on the rest of the cheap bows and what improvements you're going to make.

[@anthonyfernandez3821]

Shane, take a minute and look at the brand Deerseeker. The Hawk recurve is a 3pc takedown with a faux wood grain laminate under clear glass that looks amazing. After setting the bow up for my wife and shooting it I decided to get one for myself. We now have to of them and they are fantastic. Best bang for you buck. Almost all entry model or low cost bows are black glass limbs. These limbs look like a really nice laminate under clear glass. Take a look and I think it may be one you guys would like to review

[@greatplainsbow]

Will do! Thank you!

[@gordonallison1055]

Great idea guys

[@douglawton8186]

Are hats like Nik's available online? Thanks for the great videos. I'm a hobby Bowyer and your videos are educational and help keep me stoked!!

[@greatplainsbow]

They aren't, but we've got a couple left if ya want. Nik made em. I'll ask him if he wants to sell ya one or give ya one. Thanks so much for watching! It's so inspiring to us to hear it's making someone's archery journey more enjoyable!

[@tradbowman67]

According to both Amazon and the Sanlida Outdoors website, the reccomended brace height is 7-8", so maybe having it set very high at 8 25" accounted for the +3# of draw weight and the over positive tiller? I'd be interested in the specs and perfomance at 7.5"

[@greatplainsbow]

No brace height can never affect draw weight or tiller that much

[@dme7689]

If anything that would weaken it.

[@MegaJ2e]

Have you looked at the 64 inch deer seeker long bow it’s another Amazon bow

[@HyperManArchery]

great video thanks

[@joshlaturner6754]

I wanted to try a longbow so I got their royal x8 longbow it's a 68" I enjoy it a lot I can just imagine what it's like to shoot a custom one. I'm hoping to be comfortable enough and hunt with it this year if not I still have my Elite lol.

[@donbaine118]

My son is looking to get into trad archery. I'll definitely be looking for your reworked bows.

[@greatplainsbow]

He's got close to 20 available. You can message him on Facebook. The name of his page is Nik Branstine bows or email me your contact info at [e-mail] and I'll have him contact you

[@donbaine118]

@greatplainsbow Thank you very much. I'm definitely going to buy one. Love your channel and bows. Wish my shoulders would still allow me to shoot trad.

[@sh4969]

If you want affordable Bows there Timber creek Indigo and Asp by Merlinarchery £179.99 in UK or 80 inch Ash Longbow 30-50lb draw weight 26-32 draw length £225 boston bows by a bowyer. I missed out on all the bargains for Great Plains Bows in UK when I took up Archery a few years back.

[@petergold4823]

Please look at the Sanlida Royal X8 Longbow i'd love to see how that performs and how it can be reworked. In particular can the plain grip be improved?

[@greatplainsbow]

That's actually our next review

[@petergold4823]

We reviewing these budget bows can you please look at what happens to them when you have a long draw. This can be a challenge for us gorilla's as the budget bows tend to stack pretty quickly. The Black Hunter has this issue when you hit 30" or higher draw.

[@greatplainsbow]

@@petergold4823 we'll add that for sure to the next review

[@luissandoval4093]

Good comments guys! Just decidng between this and the x9 sanlida take down recurve. Seems to be similar, but your advise will be determinant thanks

[@kennylainhart7148]

Thanks guy!! Love my red river gray b model recurve!! Ill be sending y'all pictures if i smash a giant!!!

[@robertlipsey6056]

Very good video!👍 What do you guys feel you will be charging for one of the X8 recurves that you rework? Thanks

[@greatplainsbow]

@@robertlipsey6056 probably around $225

[@robertlipsey6056]

@@greatplainsbow one for me might require a little more work. I would like the poundage to be between 25-30 pounds. Do you think that’s possible? Thanks for getting back to me.

[@robertlipsey6056]

I would not need the limb tips reinforced.

[@charlesdudley5800]

I would be interested in a re-worked X8.

[@robburnside6636]

Mine came in twisted. It looks like it had been returned once before. Every time I draw the string pops out of the grooves at both ends.

[@greatplainsbow]

@@robburnside6636 send it back immediately

[@brianfreland9065]

i ordered the 35# version knowing its running a little heavy and also i have like a 30 or 31 inch draw so itll be more like 43 to 45 for me im guessing on the 60 inch bow. also...everyone else talks about how smooth the pull is on this and how it doesnt stack at all at 40 lbs or under.

[@russelljones3171]

Looks like a Damon Howitt

[@fahlvfaust677]

4:25 Meaning the limb tips are still not strong enough, even though there are wood overlays on the limb tips. The answer is that fast-flight strings are not accepted. Only tips that are reinforced with glass, phenolic, bakelite, and other materials are able to withstand low-stretch string materials.

[@dme7689]

But it's supposed to come with a D97 string... no?

[@sierraridgereaper]

Serious and valid question for you, What kind of guarantee are you doin with reworkin one of these chinese bows? Just curious to liability if one explodes or breaks on someone and hurts them. I know a few bowyers reworkin and resellin these china bows these days to fill the sales gaps but has anyone thought about repercussions?

[@greatplainsbow]

Excellent question! Nik is the one reworking and selling them here at GP. I discussed that with him yesterday. He hasn't completely decided which route he's gonna take, but one thought he mentioned is to offer to do the rework for free on a warranty so the customer would just pay the price on Amazon and then he'd do the rework free of charge. How do you feel about that option? What are your thoughts on the warranty of them?

[@sierraridgereaper]

@@greatplainsbow thats awesome you guys are thinkin about that. Just based on my thinking about how things are these days with sue happy people I wondered how that may effect the liability issues. Because you cant control the QC of the glue ups, the glass or riser mfg and end up putting hands on another companies product by reworking it I believe that leaves the liability in your hands. Im all for reworking these things as many need it badly and Ive done quite a few myself but I had a guy ask me if it breaks who is responsible to replace and I didnt have a legit answer so it made me question whether or not I should be doing it putting myself in the position of being liable, not just for replacement but if the person was injured then how will that play out. Just lookin out for you guys as it was something that was on my mind after the last one I did.

[@greatplainsbow]

Thanks! I really appreciate that! It is definitely a risk a person takes for sure, but the reward is that we're putting bows in people's hands that are properly tuned and backed by customer support so they can have an excellent first experience. Idk it's an interesting conversation. Definitely pros and cons here

[@sierraridgereaper]

@@greatplainsbow I agree 100%... definitely something to keep in the back of the mind...

[@str8sh2ter]

Hello, Say you wanted to reduced this 48# down to lower 40s# .Would focusing on the recurve tip are to reduce the weight reduce the stacking or likely cause a Too weak end section?

[@greatplainsbow]

@@str8sh2ter that's an excellent question. In theory and probably also in action it would reduce the stacking, but it would make the limb unstable and likely cause a failure. The performance of a bow is determined in the limb profile by the bowyer when the bow is glued up. After it is in it's final shape you must remove material evenly along the entire length of the limb or it will compromise the bow

[@str8sh2ter]

@@greatplainsbow Great answer. I was thinking along those lines but wasn't sure. Thank you very much.

[@mikeamboy7292]

when do you plan on having these for sale?

[@greatplainsbow]

There will be (9) reworked 3 piece longbows for sale in a couple days

[@fabienlarcher4552]

I don't understand. You say it's a dacron string and Sanlida says it's a D97 string. Who is right?

[@greatplainsbow]

Well if it's a D97 string there will be failures on that bow. Solid wood tips. No reinforcement

[@fabienlarcher4552]

@@greatplainsbow Ok.

[@spectermad9180]

I am going to get this Bow... Question do I have unstring the Bow when I put the Bow away or can I leave it till I use it again

[@johnjones8501]

Looks like a copy of the Damon Howatt Hunter, I think it was called.

[@greatplainsbow]

Most likely it is

[@caseysmith544]

Yep bow is probably that. I have a model of bow from a company OLEINE where model is a 1:1 scale down of a Super Grizzly if was 45 inches only due to a 24 inch draw I am geting 35--37 pounds on a 45 pound model. Brand used to have a right and left hand bows on Amazon.

[@tedluna624]

Hola shane y nick..Im looking for bows for my archery classes. I use pse snakes but there very limitited weights. Im looking at royal x8 recurves and pmz 3 piece longs.which do you think.

[@greatplainsbow]

Either one of those would be excellent choices. My favorite of those two is the x8 recurve, but Nik's favorite is the pmz longbow. Both excellent choices. Guess it'll come down to personal opinion.

[@bradlauber9097]

This bow be even better with a diamond wood riser so it won't delaminate and mycarta limb tips!!!?

[@jblanla]

Nock height?

[@russelljones3171]

I see John Jones thinks the same!!!

[@caseysmith544]

Only Flaw of Sanlida is they only ever had right eye dominant bows on Amazon/non Chinese market, sucks for people who are not right eye dominate. Only bows not are shoot through Compound bow models, illigal in most archery coemptions and most USA/Candian Hunting.

[@jerrypoling3106]

Yeah i'm left handed to

[@caseysmith544]

​@@jerrypoling3106 Left eye dominate right handed I got OEELINES Airobow 54 inch (54 inch clone of a Bear Super Grizzly) I use with a safer Flemish twist sring as bow came with an unreached endless loop B-55 but I only get with a 24 inch draw a 37 pound on a 45 pound bow. I would have needed a 55/60 pound of same bow to get 45 pounds and model only stopes at 50 pounds. So I found Youth Longbow from Great Plains Archery in hickory and is an amazing bow. Only thing I would have done different I would have asked for Osage or seen if heavy G4/G10 was an available option so I could have a heavier bow, I may have to use an AMS mounting device and some riser weights on bow for more stability.

[@danielruprecht8932]

I'd be interested in buying one of these refurbished by you guys. Will there be a catalog or would would it be a custom order?

[@danielruprecht8932]

Can't wait 👍🎯

[@stevecriswell2838]

why don't you use a piece as wide as 3;fingers to check poundage

[@greatplainsbow]

@@stevecriswell2838 it's just not really necessary

[@stevecriswell2838]

@@greatplainsbow it add a pound on my scale,you guys build greatnbows

[@caseysmith544]

Do not Get DeerSeaker's Deerhunter bow, reasons are bows all in higher weights and 30 pound bows come in at 35 pounds and all lighter bows are stuck between 20--25 pounds for a 28 inch draw. Bow is so poor for same price as a Sanlida, even a lower end KAINOKAI $89 semi-revurve/R&D bow is going to be better.

[@gblan]

I'd ditch the strike plate and slap on a piece of clear car bra tape, sorted.

[@greatplainsbow]

Never heard of that. Does it work pretty good?

[@dougmerithew3231]

If it's cracked it cracked😢

[@twintwo1429]

Increase the speed and accuracy , shot from a vice , and I'm in. Otherwise, a better appearance doesn't mean much. Show an improvement in speed, accuracy, and appearance. I'll be waiting.

[@greatplainsbow]

Okie dokie

[@jasonmillwood2893]

China made though

[@tompeacock6674]

Looking for info on the rework now options