After a lot of thought and the responses i got from my previous post (feathers vs vanes)...i have decided to move up from a WB rest to a drop away. I started with the WB for two reasons...1) easy set up and use and 2) the full containment feature. I do some stalking and a lot of tree stand hunting and i felt very comfortable with the full containment rest. I feel that i want more out of my set up now (i shoot a 07 bear code (love bear..i have 3 of them) 30.5" draw length, 29" CE maxima Hunters WF with a 100 gr G5 montec at 68lbs with a WB rest)..All who have answered in my last post (and thank you all for your help) have got me thinking about the extra contact thie WB has on my arrow and fletchings..although negligible, i feel i want to get more out my set up by going with a drop away rest and feathers...heres my question.. I've been looking at a few and have narrowed it down to two..the Limb Driver and the trophy taker extreme full containment. What are your thoughts on these two or any other that you may feel would be good for my set up..I'm not a bow set up artist and have limited equipment, but i like to 'do it myself' when it comes to setting up my equipment, ect... thanks for any advice you may have and i will cosider all responses...thnx again...Jeff
Jeff, I have considered the QAD but some reviews stated a possible clearence problems with the top containment bar...Have you heard of this or experienced this at all??
The thing I like most about the limbdriver is that there is no connection to the cables. It is very easy to setup and tune with but I ma sure the others are that way also. Some folks are like the Spot Hogg Whammy. You may want to give that a look.
If I wanted a drop away rest that was also a full containment rest, I would be getting a Ripcord. It can be used 2 different ways. 1. A conventional drop away rest. The rest lays on the shelf until you draw, it brings the arrow up and falls out of the way when you release. 2. Full containment rest. You can cock the launcher up and with the bar across the top, your arrow won't go anywhere. I will admit I'm not very familiar with the QAD rest, but we sell a ton of Ripcords and they are pretty sweet. I would recommend moleskin both on your shelf and the launcher of the rest itself. That sucker drops straight down on the shelf and w/out it you're gonna get some noise. With moleskin it's dead quiet. And just something to remember. If you have the launcher cocked and then draw and have to let down, the rest is going to drop back down as well. You'll need to recock it to utilize the containment feature but you can still use it as a conventional drop away. They're easy to tune and easy to install. If my Drop Zone weren't only a year old the Ripcord is what I would be using.
I heard that Limbdriver has a new dropaway coming out that is supposed to have full containment or at least semi-containment. I'd look into that if you're worried about that issue. I shoot a limbdriver and I haven't had any problems with it, and I like it a lot.
Limbdriver IMHO. The QAD Ultra gets great reviews. I have heard from a few people that have had issues with the lever locking/sticking on them, but then again, I take some claims with a grain of salt, because a lot of times issues are user-induced. The Limbdriver, like Bruce mentioned, doesn't have any effect on your cables, thus eliminating any timing issues you might have tying into a down cable. Additionally, it's super easy to setup and tune. The only major downside to it up to this point was the lack of containment as Jeff pointed out. The new limbdriver has additional launcher arms (target and containment) that will also adapt to previous gen limbdrivers (I believe). The containment launcher has a rubber adjustable "bracket" for the arrow to slip into on the neck of the launcher. It can be adjusted width wise to accommodate a wide variety of shafts. I'm not associated with them in any way, but I do love the rest for its simplicity and effectiveness.
