Just took my stabilizer off my bow, cuz it wouldn't fit in my new case with it on, so thought, what the heck, why do I even need this thing, since my bow still falls backward upon release (I'd have to have about 3 times the weight up there to actually balance). So I go out and shoot a little with no stablizer; dead nuts accurate; no difference; if anything, better now. Just another thing to add weight and bulk and catch on brush, which I can do without...just my .02.