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I am considering a replacement for my current arrow rest. I have a Quik Tune 1000. I shoot well with it, but am looking for a rest that prevents the arrow from falling off in any odd situations that might come up.

I would say that I am looking in the $75-100 range. Any suggestions?
 
QAD PRO.

Full arrow containment.
Let down, and it stays in the rest.

And it is a fallaway,so your arrow and fletchings make no contact with anything once you pull the trigger.

For hunting, I can't see anything any better IMO.

Not sure of the price,but they should make a model in that price-range.
 
The whisker biscuit is hard to beat for hunting . I have used a bunch of drop away rests and always come back to the simple biscuit.
 
I use a whisker biscuit and I love it! It is extremely quiet and the arrow falling off the string is the LAST thing you have to worry about.
 
Seminole39 said:
LCU said:
QAD PRO.

Full arrow containment.
Let down, and it stays in the rest.

And it is a fallaway,so your arrow and fletchings make no contact with anything once you pull the trigger.

For hunting, I can't see anything any better IMO.

Not sure of the price,but they should make a model in that price-range.
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i agree. i have one on my bow and i love it. like LCU said you have full containment and you don't have to worry about wrinkled fletching like a biscuit.
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QAD offers full arrow containment,and your fletchings travel through air,rather than doing through a wall of whiskers.

This is a good as it gets.

Maybe I have been missing something,but other than the WB is cheaper,why would anyone chosse it over a QAD?

I'll take a fallaway,that allows a letdown with full containment.
 
I had some issues with my QAD hunter not falling away . It wasn't releasing properly.I sent it back . The Ripcord worked much better .
 
Love my QAD. Super quiet, had a whisker biscuit at first and thought it was quiet until i put the QAD on and could definatley tell a substantial difference. Know lots of people using them with absolutely no problems what so ever.
 
Stumpy said:
Love my QAD. Super quiet, had a whisker biscuit at first and thought it was quiet until i put the QAD on and could definatley tell a substantial difference. Know lots of people using them with absolutely no problems what so ever.
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I have the same experience with my QAD. Would think the vast majority of QAD shooters feels the same way. Mine has never given me any trouble since I put it on my bow a few years ago.

But I can understand someone who has had a problem,and went to the WB. I myself worry about all the moving parts of the QAD, and if it fails to operate as it has, I will go to the WB.

If a QAD is operating as it should, It's a great way to hunt.
I perfer not to have my fletchings go through whiskers,when it could fly untouched.
 
If a fallaway rest that offers full containment including when a hunter let's dowwn operates as it should, I think it's as good as it gets.

If it doesn't, operate correctly, WB would be my solution.
I'm not a WB basher, and if my QAD fails, I'm buying one myself.

What I don't understand is how some WB shooters say they shoot better groups with one, over a fallaway.
How could this improve shooting?
How is this possible?
 
The rest I am shooting is a fall away but as I mentioned it has no arrow containment.

LCU, the questions you pose are exactly why I have asked. I shoot very accurately with my rest. I am reluctant to change, but I did have an instance last season were I bumped the arrow off the rest while on stand and spooked a doe.

I guess I am between a rock and a hard place.
 
Outdoor Enthusiast said:
The rest I am shooting is a fall away but as I mentioned it has no arrow containment.

LCU, the questions you pose are exactly why I have asked. I shoot very accurately with my rest. I am reluctant to change, but I did have an instance last season were I bumped the arrow off the rest while on stand and spooked a doe.

I guess I am between a rock and a hard place.
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I often bump my arrow a little, or turn my bow, when I am bringing my bow un to shooting position. Having full containment allow me to somewhat forget about this,and focus on other important things when a deer is in range, or coming into range.

I just like everything about the QAD,and have never had the first problem with it. All the moving parts does worry me,but so far it's amazing.

The letdown feature blows my mind.
This thing works great for my hunting.
 
Not to get in the WB v. fallaway war, but if I were you, I would definitely check out the QAD, the Ripcord, or the Spott Hogg Whammy. The Whammy provides a lot of containment, (no top bar like the QAD and the Ripcord) but it is fairly expensive. That said, it is probably a better rest than the Ripcord or QAD in that it stays in contact with the arrow for a long time. I have a Ripcord and I really like it so far. I don't think there is any way that a WB can be as accurate as a fallaway rest. Especially for long distances, but for within 25 yards, it is probably fine. Now, over time those whiskers are bound to change and that will affect accuracy, too. But who am I to argue? I have never shot a WB.
 
I looked at the Whammy. IMO it's the best in it's class.
But I passed it up for full containment.

I have years of hunting experience,but only a few years bow hunting. I have to keep it simple to hunt.
For hunting, the QAD and the kisser are each very important in allowing me to forget about a lot of bow things, and focus on what I am about to shoot.
JMO
 
A Wb will not fail.
But I don;t want my fletchings going through whiskers,stiff enough to hold the arrow in place.
I prefer shooting with no arrow contact. none.
 

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