I use feathers and a WB, and have no problem. I love the thing. the one thing I don't like is what GMMATT said, the noise kinda blows, but I haven't had problem yet.
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I don't see the Hostage as full containment at all......most people know that for rests like these to function well the top bristles should be loose and not in tight contact with the arrow......on the WB this means a larger hole vs arrow diameter......on the hostage if you do this you lose all containment and the arrow will easily fall left or right into the ring or straight up through the top. Also the Hostage will not work as long as they try to have that small tuft of bristles support the arrow......just not strong enough and they will splay and wear away in no time.......NAP actually knew this years ago as they tried to steal a piece of the pie with the 360 rest which has the same "containment" issues for the same reason but at least they had a better arrow support. The above info is all factual..........the following is my opinion, we have all seen the slow motion shots of arrows being released and they do everything BUT fly poker straight off that string. I doubt it is possible to eliminate fletch contact on a reliable basis........the problem with this is when the arrow makes contact on a Hostage it is unilateral and unbalanced, whereas on the WB there is equal and opposite forces all around the arrow which "guide" more then "deflect" if that makes sense......again just my opinion here.
I use Carbon Express Maxima Hunters and Terminator Hunters as well......both with 2" Blazer vanes. I believe the Maxima Hunters are somewhere around 270 from my Patriot. You can expect a 1 fps speed loss with the WB vs a drop away......let me know if the deer notice
