I currently have a QAD and Ripcord Code Red. Since you want all black I would go with the QAD. Both work great though. Interesting all the Limbdriver fanboys keep saying how simple it is. My question is how difficult is any dropaway to set up these days? This isn't a knock on the LD because it is a great rest, but I can have almost any rest out of the package and ready to go in under 5 minutes anymore. I'm no bow tech either. They're all pretty idiot-proof these days.
You are correct in that most are idiot proof to setup. I don't have an issue with setting up any of them either. I guess my pet peeve has always been tying into a cable. I just never liked doing it and since switching to a binary cam bow, and seeing how having a rest tied into the down cable can adversely affect let off on those bows, I opted for the Limbdriver and have been thoroughly pleased with it. Many high end bow tuners, etc., claim that the LD is more accurate and much faster than rests that depend on a spring for it to fall away. As for accuracy, I can't attest myself as I don't shoot good enough to see the benefits, but I do understand what they're saying. But I do agree that the rest does stay up much longer that conventional drop aways and is faster at getting out of the way. Again, for hunting, those things are trivial and never become a factor, regardless of what rest you use. I just have a lot of time on my hands when it comes to tweaking and messing with equipment. ;-)
How exactly is the Limb Driver different than other drop away rests? How does it drop if nothing is tied into the cable? I'd never heard of Vapor Trail before this thread, but after looking at them they seem solid.
The cord that "runs" the Limbdriver is attached to the upper limb. At rest, the limb and cord hold the prongs down against the riser shelf. When drawing the bow, the limbs movement (downward on parallel limb bows for example) relaxes the cord and allows the rest to come up. Basically the spring in the rest is reversed compared to a standard drop away and its only function is the bring the prongs up once the cord tension is relaxed. Unless the cord fails, there is no way the rest isn't dropping fast enough to clear fletchings because its being "ripped" out of the way by the limb.
I put a Limbdriver on my new Invasion for this coming year... I've had them on 10 or 12 of my bows, and still own three of them that I'll probably always keep around; they're that solid of a rest.
Yeah, he's kinda like that kid growing up in your neighborhood that had every new, awesome toy that came out and always played with them in front of you but wouldn't share.
I cant say how much i love the QAD rests! I have probably set up a dozen for people and they are just a flat out awesome rest! IMO hard to beat and easy to set-up and tune! I have had one problem out of them dozen and that was with one of my own personal QAD LD's. The clutches started acting funny. I called QAD up and had a new one within days at my door, GREAT customer service! The Apache looks interesting to me, if I had to buy something different it would be the Apache but until QAD goes belly up I cant see myself steering away from them! Gd Luck!!
most rests now a days are all talking about how fast there arm is and there containment posssibilities so your arrow stays. I personally shoot a qad and will never change. i know mike changed his rest because the string broke on his. most drop away rests need some sort of velvet on the arm so when it rises your arrow doesnt make noise. i dont know or havent seen the other companies supplying the velvet for there rests.
