SF Archery Premium Plus 25"

Is the SF Premium Plus 25" a good riser for barebow?

Community reports lean positive for budget barebow: one ArcheryTalk regular recommends the Premium Plus specifically for barebow and praises the grip, and TradTalk posters note people shoot it barebow and like it. The caveats raised on TradTalk are that Olympic-style risers can rock back on release without stabilizer weight — some owners simply add a small weight — and serious barebow shooters there still steer buyers toward dedicated barebow risers like Spigarelli. At $225 it is a low-cost way to try the discipline; we score it 78.2/100 (ranked #4 of 8 in its category).

I shoot a Premium Plus — should I upgrade the riser or the limbs first?

When a Premium Plus owner asked this on ArcheryTalk, the consensus was riser first: posters called the Premium Plus and Axiom limbs perfectly serviceable but argued a higher-grade riser is the better long-term foundation, since intermediate archers tend to replace limbs again as they progress. That matches how we rate it — an outstanding first ILF riser with an intermediate skill ceiling that advanced competitors will eventually outgrow.

How much draw weight can the Premium Plus safely handle?

In the ArcheryTalk upgrade thread, one experienced poster put the practical ceiling for cast-aluminium entry risers like this at roughly 34–38 lb, claiming they flex excessively beyond that; the thread's original poster was shooting about 36 lb on fingers without reporting problems. We have not seen an official manufacturer limit cited in these discussions, so treat that range as community opinion rather than a published spec.

Is the Premium Plus basically a budget W&W riser, and how does it compare to the Inno line?

Community consensus on ArcheryTalk is that SF Archery was Win&Win's entry-to-intermediate brand and that W&W manufactured the SF line, but posters were clear the Premium+ is not an Inno in disguise: it is a cast aluminium riser with simpler finishing, while the Inno risers are milled or carbon at several times the price. As one poster put it, sharing a parent company does not make them the same tool.

Will W&W or WNS grips and parts fit my Premium Plus now that the SF brand is gone?

A Premium Plus owner on ArcheryTalk reports that most aluminium SF, WNS and W&W intermediate-riser grips interchange, and the thread explains the SF line was rebranded under WNS around 2018, so current WNS parts generally carry over. The stated exception is carbon risers — one poster found a W&W carbon-riser grip did not fit an SF aluminium riser — so it is worth confirming fit with the retailer before ordering.

Owners report the Premium Plus works well as an inexpensive barebow riser, with one regular recommending it outright and praising the grip. The pushback, mainly on TradTalk, is that Olympic-geometry risers can rock back without stabilizer weight and that dedicated barebow risers (Spigarelli was named repeatedly) are the better tool if budget allows; adding a cheap weight was suggested as a workaround.

The grip drew specific praise — one barebow shooter called it really nice. Separately, a Premium Plus owner confirmed that aluminium grips interchange across most SF, WNS and W&W intermediate risers, which keeps replacement parts available even though the SF brand was folded into WNS around 2018.

In the one in-depth owner thread, posters called the Premium Plus a perfectly OK starter platform but were blunt that it is a cheap cast-aluminium entry riser: one claimed a practical draw-weight ceiling around 34–38 lb, another reported noticeable vibration from SF risers, and the unanimous upgrade advice for improving archers was to replace the riser before the limbs.

The community treats the Premium+ as part of Win&Win's deliberately tiered budget brand — manufactured by W&W, which some see as a pedigree reassurance. Critics in the same discussion dismissed its cast, blocky construction next to W&W's milled and carbon Inno risers, and posters cautioned against assuming it is a discounted equivalent of the premium line.