What kind of rest do you prefer?

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

One benefit of this quarantine has been shooting my bow nearly everyday and seeing great progress! I still have a stock octane hostage rest and am considering buying a QAD drop away rest. I've been shooting tight groups from 30-40 yds; does the drop away rest really make that much of a difference?

 

[LuketheDog]

I put a Hamskea dropaway on my new bow, and I had a Whisker Biscuit on my old bow, I can't tell the difference in accuracy yet but I like the limb-driven Hamskea so far...

 

[JohnCushman]

I feel drop aways make a big difference. With nothing touching the arrow in a well tuned bow, there's nothing to stop it from perfect flight. I noticed a lot of capture rests are kind of loud. Whisker Biscuits are brutally loud and they tend to tear vanes with any sort of helical in my experience. If your bow is tuned well and you have the timing on the drop away down good, you should notice a difference at longer distance.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

I feel drop aways make a big difference. With nothing touching the arrow in a well tuned bow, there's nothing to stop it from perfect flight. I noticed a lot of capture rests are kind of loud. Whisker Biscuits are brutally loud and they tend to tear vanes with any sort of helical in my experience. If your bow is tuned well and you have the timing on the drop away down good, you should notice a difference at longer distance.

Great info. Thanks!

 

[Kaitum]

I shot a Whisker Biscuit for years. Switched to a Ripcord drop away a couple years ago, only regret was not switching sooner. Actually no complaints on the WB, it did fine. Just much prefer the drop away.

 

[p_ham]

I've been using the QAD Ultrarest HDX for the last 6yrs or so. Much quieter that a full capture rest. I think they (drop away) are easier to tune and in the long run more accurate.

 

[Pucky Freak]

With all the crawling, clambering, and ducking I do, the WB serves me well

 

[Deleted member 40728]

I also prefer the ripcord and have had great luck with it and it’s very easy to tune and setup. I used QAD before as well and it’s a good product. I shot a trophy ridge revolution for a few years and it was pretty slick once it was setup properly as there was no possible way for the arrow to fall out of it, had full clearance and very quiet.
I found when I made the move to drop away rests my accuracy improved substantially especially at longer distances.

 

[LuketheDog]

Another plug for the Hamskea-it would be VERY easy to fix in the field if you somehow damage the cord, there is no timing to worry about, easy setup, you could operate it with a shoelace if needed...

 

[nontyp]

Still loving my ol WB. I don’t ever shoot past 60 but seems to work great out to that distance.

 

[Gumbo Hunter]

Hamskea Hybrid Hunter Micro Adjust for me for the last 4 years or so. The thing is pretty much bombproof and foolproof. Super easy set up and there really isn't anything to have fail on it. I am forever crawling through sage and have never had the cord get in the way or hang up, it is almost totally protected by my Tightspot. Even if it did the spring is ridiculously strong. Before this rest I was having issues with Rip Cords and Trophy Takers breaking/failing and my friends have had the same issues with QAD. Go Hamskea and you won't regret it...just be sure to put felt on the launcher, the teflon coating does wear away and it makes a little noise.

 

[rustednuts]

Go with a limb driven rest, that way any string stretch doesn’t impact the timing at all.

 

[blueridge]

Hamskea here. Significantly tightened my groups vs the hostage rest, and much quieter. If you go that route, spend the extra $20 for the micro vs the standard.

 

[NYyotekiller]

AAE Pro Drop limb driven rest Is what I use for all of my setups.

 

[Dsnow9]

Another vote for the Hamskea! Had a qad on the old bow and as others said the limb driven is a big plus.

 

[Trial153]

Tried most everything, VT limb drive Hamske, Ripcord lok, TT smackdown, and keep coming back to a QAD HDX for my hunting bows.

 

[dgc1963]

I shot a Whisker Biscuit for years. Switched to a Ripcord drop away a couple years ago, only regret was not switching sooner. Actually no complaints on the WB, it did fine. Just much prefer the drop away.

I shoot a rip cord also and like it bunches

 

[Vanishe187]

Rip cord for me also. Great all around rest, easy to setup. I have used the same one now for about 9 years. No problems with it what so ever. Would buy another in a heartbeat if this one ever fails on me.

 

[Roughwater]

I just went from a Rip Cord drop away to a Hamskea limb driven drop away rest. The Hamskea seems a little quieter but the Rip Cord worked fine otherwise for several years. I could see some small advantages to the Rip Cord string driven rest over a whisker biscuit and some small advantage of a limb driven rest over a string driven rest. That said there is not much to go wrong with a whisker biscuit since there are no moving parts so certainly should have a reliability edge. But I don't recall my Rip cord ever failing me either. And the Hamskea looks to be built pretty bullet proof as well so pick your poison.

 

[Lige]

Hamskea Hybrid Hunter, before that Limb Driver, before Limb Driver Whisker Biscuit. I definitely shoot tighter groups at distance with a drop away.