Southwest Archery Spyder Takedown Recurve Bow – Compact Fast Accurate 62" Hunting & Target Bow – Right & Left Hand – Draw Weights in 20-60 lb – Beginner to Intermediate - USA Company

Bought this bow on May 15th, 2018 and the bottom limb delaminated and broke on July 4th, 2018. Fortunately I was wearing polarized safety glasses or it would have put the arrow nock into my eye. (I shoot a 3 under fixed crawl). Sad thing, this was an incredibly accurate shooting bow. Always used a stringer to string and release.

The short version is, this is a great bow! There ya' go! Buy it!Anyways, as for something with a little more substance:I'm a completely novice archer. I decided to pick up archery on an impulse (after being interested in it for *years*, since I was a mere child in fact). Initially I was going to purchase a PSE for $100 from Dick's Sporting Goods. I did some research, however, and quickly decided against it. While there's nothing wrong (from what I've read) with PSE's, it just seemed to be that there were better bows out there. I kept seeing the Samick Sage pop up though, and was considering purchasing it until I saw this. The Spyder is supposed to be the 'evolution' of the Samick Sage, and the engineers who worked on the Sage worked on this bow.The bow is really solid, it has a great feel to it, and this comes with all the essential parts of a bow. Limbs, riser, an arrow rest, and the string, (also a stringer tool if you buy that...and if this is your first bow, you'll need one). The bow itself is accurate, provided that you have a good stance and are practicing proper draw methods.Really I don't see any drawbacks to this bow. The limbs are interchangeable, so when you graduate from a lower draw weight you can just...buy limbs with a higher draw weight. It's a great bow for beginners. It feels *really* nice.Some recommendations though:Consider what you're going to want/need in addition to this bow, and set aside some extra money to purchase those essential products. For example, you're definitely going to need an arm guard. Unless you want to stick your arrows in your pocket or something, you'll need a quiver. Speaking of arrows, you'll need arrows, and they can be surprisingly expensive. I purchased a set of six 'Predator' brand arrows from a local outdoor sporting shop, and it cost me $45 ($40 for the arrows, $5 for the field points). I'd also recommend looking into a target of some kind by either getting a membership at your local archery range, or setting something up in your backyard (I only mention this because you're probably going to want to shoot the bow as soon as you get it, and it'd really suck to just...not have anywhere to shoot).Also! The draw length on this bow is 28 inches. Most recurves have a draw length of 28 inches. All that means is that when you pull the string back 28 inches, the amount of force behind the arrow will be the draw weight of the limbs. So if you buy the bow with 25lb weight limbs, at 28 inches you'll be pulling back 25lbs. If your draw weight is a little longer or shorter, you'll either be adding or subtracting (approximately 2.5lbs/inch) from the weight of the bow (respectively). So if your draw length is 30 inches, and you want to shoot at 25lbs, The additional 2 inches of your draw length will add 5lbs of force, so to shoot at 25lbs, you would need to buy a 20lb bow. If your draw length is 26 inches, you'd be subtracting 5lbs from the force of your bow. So to shoot at 25lbs you'd need a 30lb bow. So in short, if your draw length is over or under 28 inches, you don't need to fret. Just buy the appropriate weight.All in all, TL;DR, I'm really enjoying this bow, I've encountered zero issues with it, and it was a great purchase.

Just received this today, took it out and tried it. First, I have a Samick Sage (who doesn’t?) and love it! This bow shoots as well and equal to my Sage. One is not better than the other in shooting. However, this bow is lighter and a bit less bulky. Also one gripe I had w the Sage, is that the handle for my hand that holds the riser was always a bit too big for me. However, the Spyder fits perfect like a glove. For this reason alone, I wanted to try the Spyder as I have smaller hands. If I’m buying driving gloves I usually would wear a medium or a large. XL gloves never work for me. Sometimes Large can be too big. As for the bow being lighter and more handy I really like that. I’m a 5’9” 195 lbs body builder, so not like the Sage was heavy to me, it is just the Spyder feels like a feather in comparison. As for finish, I think the Spyder is a bit more pretty, edges more rounded and refined. One quality issue, the limbs do not fit in the riser w the same super tight tolerances as the Sage. They are a tad loose n sloppy, but they do definitely tighten down once the screws are tightened. I just wonder if slightly looser tolerances over time will matter? Maybe not, as the bow shoots great. My only knock against the Spyder and it is a HUGE negative, it is made in the PRC!!! Maybe why the limb sloppiness? I had thought it would be built in South Korea or maybe the USA? But I am not sure a lot of archers and bow hunters are going to like the “made in China” stamp? Maybe won’t bother some. But, all in all great bow. Request to SAS, please move production from China! I would have paid $25-60 more just to avoid it being a PRC product. To be honest, if I would have known it was PRC made in advance of puchase, I probably would have passed on buying it. But now that I have, I do love it more than my Sage! So......your call. I do rate this bow a 5 despite it being made where it is.

Where do I even start with this bow? My first observation upon receiving this bow wasn't just how beautiful it was, but also how nicely it was packaged. I had it assembled out of the box within only a few short minutes. I bought the 40lb limbs with the bow-stringer add on and it's absolutely worth it. After I took a few beginning shots, my wife asked if she could shoot it. To my surprise the 40lb draw wasn't too much for her at all, and her aim was impeccable. Usually I'm not so surprised by her accuracy seeing that we both served in the Marine Corps, and spent our finer moments shooting; however this was her first time shooting a bow an arrow and she was killer as usual. Amazing bow. Great quality; I couldn't be happier knowing that the two of us have a hobby together. Thank you Southwest Archery.

You should try this bow before deciding to purchase it or you may regret your purchase.

My wife really love this bow, it's a much sleeker bow than the Sage... sexy.

All is good. Delivered on time. Just a little scratch on the upper arm of the bow, not a bit deal.

very nice bow

A very good bow for the price.