One archery arm guard, and the guides to use it
Fletchguard sells a single three-strap archery arm guard and the guides you need to use it properly. One product, not a catalog.
I am Corinne Vasek, and I have been coaching beginners at a club range since 2009. In that time I have handed a bow to a few hundred people who had never held one, and I have watched almost all of them make the same mistake in the first half hour: they lock the bow elbow, the string finds the inside of the forearm, and they spend the rest of the session shooting like someone waiting to be hit.
Fletchguard sells exactly one thing for that moment. An arm guard is not an interesting product. It is a shaped plate with straps. What is interesting is that the cheap ones fall down your arm mid-session, the two-strap ones rotate when they take a hit, and the unvented ones come off in July, which means they protect nobody. Those three failures are the whole reason a beginner ends up with a bruise anyway.
Why only one product
Archery is a deep market and most of it is aimed at people who already shoot. A store that offered you nine arm guards, four chest guards and a wall of finger tabs would be a worse version of shops that already do that job well, and do it with staff who can measure your draw length.
What did not exist was a plain answer to the beginner's question, which is simply: what do I put on my arm so the string stops hurting? Fletchguard's answer is one guard at $19.95. Each of its three straps adjusts on its own sliding buckle, the middle strap stops the plate rotating toward the wrist, and three vent slots let it stay on through a summer session. Two buyers found it smaller than they expected, so the size guide shows you how to check it against your own forearm before you order.
What it is made of
The face is PU leather, sometimes called synthetic leather. It looks like leather, it has the grain, and it wipes clean more easily than hide does. The plate is stitched around its full perimeter with a bound edge, and the guard comes in black, in one size, with three elastic straps. The two-minute measuring method in the size guide tells you whether those straps have the travel your forearm needs.
How the store works
Orders ship free to 4 countries, are dispatched within 1 to 2 business days, and arrive in 6 to 10 business days in total. Every order carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. If the guard turns out not to fit your forearm, that is exactly what the guarantee is for, and we would rather refund you than argue about it.
The guard is rated 4.7 from 125 verified ratings, and 41 of those buyers wrote a review. What they talk about is broken down on the product page, and every review is on the reviews page.
What the guides are for
The guides cover the two moments that matter: the session where the string first catches you, and the one where you decide to fix the cause rather than pad the symptom. What causes string slap and how to wear an arm guard handle the first. Arm guard against arm sleeve and chest guards explained are for when you already know what you want to change.