Vapor trail victor vs Hamskea R7

[Aaront54]

Has anyone has any time with the vapor trail victor and the Hamskea r7 looking for opinions good and bad, problems with either rest or fitment issues, going to put one of them on a Darton sequel 33

 

[SippyCup]

They both look like phenomenal rests. I couldn’t bring myself to dropping that much coin on one though. Found a used epsilon for 1/3 the cost.

 

[wyohayes]

I have an Epsilon on my backup bow and put an R7 on the new primary bow. Buddy has an Epsilon on his primary bow and a ripcord code red on his backup.


I really like the Epsilon. The R7 has nice updates but isn't materially different from the Epsilon in performance in my opinion. I'm not unhappy with the R7 at all. I'd have a Hamskea rest on my bow and it would be an Epsilon or an R7. I wouldn't spend more just to get the R7 though if I could find a cheaper Epsilon. The R7 is just easier to get to the adjustment screws basically. Other than that, it is mostly an Epsilon that had the price raised.

 

[blackveltbowhunter]

Both are good rests and will serve you well. I used the victor on my lift x last year and installed an r7 on my ARC for this season.

The victor is louder due to some contact points that they will hopefully address. I covered them with felt and it solved the issue. The blade screws getting surface rust is a bad look but doesnt affect function in any way. They are both easy to set up and very solid with good adjustment access.

IMO the r7 is a more polished product overall and doesnt need a V2 to fix minor issues that didnt get found during R and D. I was super excited for the victor last year having been impressed with the vapor trails simplicity in the gen 7 and liking the g8 minus the fit not being perfect on the integrate. The victor missed the market window pretty bad last year imo and could have dominated if the rest had been available 6 months earlier with a couple minor improvements.

The mounting system of the r7 improves on the design of the epsilon and is cleaner. And you dont have the risk of extra screws coming loose on the universal mounts if no loctite applied during install.

 

[Startleflinch]

only have experience with the r7 and epsilon, but they have both been functionally flawless

 

[Aaront54]

Thanks everyone I mounted an r7 today and it seems great

 

[Wildhorse]

I have about 20k arrows through both side by side this year I have also installed about 30 R7's and about 50 victors as well I've had R7s come back to the shop with issues I've had the plastic string keeper break completely off on a couple just pre stretching the cord some by hand. Ive had the cord keeper on the R7 come loose and guys come back in with a rest not going down all the way. Mounting I think the R7 is much easier but it is in no way as adjustable as the Victor the victor is only loud when its not set up properly and its hitting the metal peg which is not designed to be a travel stop but is used to adjust the travel limit your rest should be hitting the rubber pad prior to reaching the metal peg. The victor has in my opinion much easier tuning and the best mounting system especially IMS of any rest it will not move or come loose at all the standard mount comes with a bubble level in the mount and the launcher adjustments are far superior to the R7. Both are amazing rests but in my opinion after using both substantially the Victor is a better rest simply for the fact I have had no issues with it but have with R7s and its adjustability and tune ability is second to none. You wont go wrong with either and if your someone who sets it and forgets it the R7 is probably just fine with the 10 dollar price difference I go with the one that allows me ease of tuning no issues. I've put victors on both my bows the only bow that has an R7 now is the wife's Mathews RS because the victor will not fit under the cable roller the R7 barely does. Both match up pretty good with the Float system as well but the victor is much better for it. You'll be happy with either or most likely.