Best rest? Vapor trail vs qad?

[Healthy Scratch]

I only have experience with QAD. I don't want to jinx myself but, I have never had an issue. If it ain't broke...

 

[Eli.taylor]

For myself, I find I generally need my rest pretty close to the riser on a hunting bow. Its just where it torque tunes. Out of any of the integrated options I know of, the qad gets the closest to the riser.


If you are bow hunting in cold weather, like single digits, or mid teens and lower, the qad would be the last I recommend. They slow down in those temps. I'd look at Hamskea or Vapor Trail for that.

If you are using a deflex bow riser, in my experience the rest can sit further back, lot of the newer hunting bows are reflex (limb pivot infront of the grip).

So I think there's several factors to determine a best rest. Conditions you will shoot in, type of bow, and how you hunt.

Do the Qads components just freeze up or what is the reason for them not working in the cold

 

[Billy Goat]

Do the Qads components just freeze up or what is the reason for them not working in the cold

They are packed with just a little bit of grease I believe, and have tight tolerance. I don't know if the grease stiffens up in the teens, or the components shrink just a fuzz changing fit/tolerance.

The QAD is what I normally hunt with, but I'm just not hard-core enough anymore to bow hunt much in the kind of conditions I hear of them having trouble in.