Are you happy with your quiver?

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If there is anything I could update on my bow, it would be the quiver. I have a long A2A bow 40+ inches. I'd like the ability to have both fixed and mechanicals. The only gripe with my current (very old) is it has foam in the hood, and carrying rear deploying expandables really doesn't work. Secondly, its very heavy. Any out there that you really like?

I'm looking for a two piece non removable.
 
Ive always shot long ATA bows with 2 piece quivers, and the Prime Sherpa quivers are hands down my favorite. They felt like they needed to cut their logo into the top of the hood so that is the weak link (I’ve cracked 2 hoods) but even with that it’s been my favorite. Light, two arrow grippers and holds 6 arrows.
Edit: They stopped making the quiver I’m talking about and now have a Sherpalite that only holds 4 arrows.
 
I’ve been using two piece for a close to 20 years, always from the bow manufacturer. Hoyt two piece, then a Prime Sherpa and now a Mathews q lite. Prime might have been my favorite as it had no foam in the hood and also was easily removable for travel; although it probably wasn’t as solid as the Hoyt and Mathews that directly bolted on

Not a ton of non OEM two piece out there. I think tightspot and tree limb both make two pieces.
 
Mathews 2 piece is excellent, but it has foam in the hood (could probably trim it a bit if it was a problem). I did have to do some redneck engineering so that my 2nd arrow doesn’t rub on my hamskea rest. Still, it’s tight, light and quiet and the standard I judge other quivers by.

The Hoyt 2 piece is pretty good too.

I had the tight spot 2 piece quiver…it didn’t have foam in the hood but I’d be hard pressed to say anything else positive about it.

If I couldn’t fit a good mfg specific quiver on my bow I’d use a quivalizer.
 
Manufacturers quiver is the way to go. I’ve been intrigued to try the Mountain View products CQ-2 though
 
By all means buy what you want, but I don’t even know why they make 2 piece quivers. If you find yourself in an environment it would be beneficial to not have the quiver on the bow, you’re kinda stuck. A one piece removable quiver- you can leave it on all the same, but have the option to remove it. Options are a good thing.

Tightspot quivers have been a fan fave for a long time.


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By all means buy what you want, but I don’t even know why they make 2 piece quivers. If you find yourself in an environment it would be beneficial to not have the quiver on the bow, you’re kinda stuck. A one piece removable quiver- you can leave it on all the same, but have the option to remove it. Options are a good thing.

Tightspot quivers have been a fan fave for a long time.


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I’ve never once felt the need to remove my quiver from my bow in over 35 years of bowhunting.

And most one piece quivers are obnoxiously louder than their two piece counterparts.
 
For the last 20ish years I’ve always used the two piece quiver for whatever brand I was shooting.

So pretty much Mathews and Elite.

I’m shooting a BowTech now with a Tight Spot 2-piece. Im not in love with it, but it’s passable.

It’s darn sure a far cry better than the one piece Tight Spot I tried 15 or so years ago. I hated that noisy thing!

If I could find one, I’d slap an Elite two piece on this BowTech in a second!
 
By all means buy what you want, but I don’t even know why they make 2 piece quivers. If you find yourself in an environment it would be beneficial to not have the quiver on the bow, you’re kinda stuck.
So just comparing the Mathews 1 v 2 piece quiver, the 2 piece is lighter, has +1 arrow capacity, and is like $50 cheaper. Slight advantages in my opinion.

I don’t remove my quiver in the field, or for practice, 3d or anything else. That’s a compromise I’ll accept since I want to be as confident as possible hunting, so I might as well suck it up and get good with the quiver on. I can remove the arrows if I need to work on my bow, and it’s no big deal to unbolt the thing if I needed more working room. So I guess I’m saying I’m the kind of guy that they make a 2 piece quiver for lol. I certainly understand folks preferring the option to remove them easily too.
 
I’ve never once felt the need to remove my quiver from my bow in over 35 years of bowhunting.

And most one piece quivers are obnoxiously louder than their two piece counterparts.

I’m in the same camp and I’ve never understood why guys remove their quiver while hunting. It seems like most who do are treestand whitetail hunters, which I’m not, so maybe there’s some unknown advantage there. Maybe it’s to reduce the amount of bright fletching a deer might see?

I shoot year round with a quiver, loaded one arrow short of full. One windy days it’d be nice to remove it but if hunting and it’s windy enough for a quiver to cause problems then it’s windy enough to really have an effect on broadhead tipped arrows and I’d be reducing my distance due to that regardless. Also removing your quiver is going to cause your bow to balance differently.

All that said it’s easier to remove a one piece and all its arrows to make rest adjustments than removing just arrows from a two piece. But I did switch from one piece Tight Spot after 10+ years to Hoyt 2 piece a few years ago and don’t regret it,
 
The only quivers I ever consider have double grippers and a empty head with no foam. Hate running broadheads into foam.
 
Manufacturers quiver is the way to go. I’ve been intrigued to try the Mountain View products CQ-2 though
As the designer of the Mountain View quivers (pre Sirius buyout)- as well as the older Elite 1 and 2 pc that ran from 2014ish onward, I am partial to the adjustability yet solidness of them. I think you would be generally happy with the CQ-2. It has a ton of vertical adjustability at both the hood and gripper ends, and once its tightened into the desired position it stays put. It's also very light all things considered. As long as your bow riser's quiver receptacles match one of the supplied adapter shapes/ styles, you should be good to go. I set up mine to essentially be under the top limb and the arrows are maybe 1/4" from my rest body with the grippers just in front of the vanes. Arrows stay secure and there's minimal to no concern about undue vibration. Either Mountain View quiver is basically able to be positioned as tight as you want them without touching. I'd argue better than the OG in this game - tight spot. Speaking of which... I was a big fan of BG products for a long time, even when I worked for the Outdoor Group I used BG sights. I bought a Tight Spot 2 pc when they came out but promptly sold it. It sucked - plain and simple. I suspect things haven't improved over there either since BG was bought out.

If I could do it over, I would only change the hood design on the Mountain View to be a little more straight forward to replace the hood insert, as that's truly the only wear item in the system. It's a bit of a hybrid design (unless sirius has since changed it) with a strip of high density foam inlaid between the TPE hood insert and the hood itself. The foam acts to hold the tip of the FP or BH slightly while the TPE insert does the majority of the securing. It works fine for most mechanicals provided the broadhead tip extends beyond the tips or shoulders of the blades a decent bit. Fixed blades are no problem.
Quiver hood designs and methodologies of holding broadheads are a tricky thing to get right.... some hate foam, some are fine with it. Some shoot big fixed, some shoot mechanicals. Blade deployment style and size all factor into the design. From a manufacturer's standpoint, replacing a piece of high-density foam is cheap and easy and the end user can do it, so that's why most run foam inside. I was always fine with foam since I mostly shot fixed blades (we went straight foam at elite), but the majority do not, so we did the hybrid approach for the MV quivers. Also worth noting - the TPE hood insert at least ensures you won't "clack" a broadhead into the inside of the hood when you're trying to add or remove an arrow quietly.... minor yet intentional design details.
Bottom line...Designing a hood and holding method to satisfy all user preferences/ camps is near impossible, so your opinion may rightfully differ.

Hope that helps your decision.... 3.jpg
 
I shoot a 36” title and was depressed to hear I couldn’t use a Mathews quiver. I ended up with a tight spot airlok.

It is not quite the quality that a Mathews quiver is however there are some good features. It’s extremely adjustable, it’s very light, and it has the built in hook which is great for us guys that never shoot with a quiver.
 
The more I look into this, the more I think I’ll just stay with the current and just shoot Front deploy heads like grim reapers.
 

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