Tech Tip: Which rest is best for you? 

Just retired from my 25 year career. Now living my dream working part time in my local archery shop. I am learning tons of information from your videos. Thank you for helping me become a good ambassador for our sport.

I just bought a Hamskea Hybrid Hunter Pro for my old Hoyt Alphamax 32 and I love it! Your videos are great! Straight and to the point!

Great Video!!! As someone that has been an Archer for 40 yrs, it's nice to be familiar with latest equipment.

Another great, to-the-point and helpful overview!

Thanks for the great information 👍. Just what I was looking for.

Great video. Found your channel the other day. Really like the explanation videos.

Thanks for posting this. I am primarily a hunter archer, and have wondered about why some choose limb driven rests.

Your videos always have good information

I've been running the Hamskea Hybrid Hunter Pro for about a year now. I was initially a little leery of how much my arrow could move around if I needed to move for turkeys, but the rest upped the performance of my 12 year old bow big time. I was going to buy a new bow, but now I'm having no problem drilling a 4" target at 50 yards. Why change a good thing? I really like the Hamskea, and it is built like a tank.

I feel disappointed, he didn't mention the infamous whisker-biscuit 😂😂

Awesome explanation, thanks a ton

I got the hamskea hybrid hunter great rest and solid

I really want to try one of these.

Wish I was closer to you and your shop, my local bow shop couldn't time my QAD drop away so I made the quick decision to put a whisker biscuit on for the hunting season and go back to a drop away next year! I've heard alot of good about the vapor trail gen 7, I think that might be what I go to next year! Great videos btw definetly going to keep watching as they are very informative!!

My favorite rest is the Trophy Taker Smack Down Pro, Limbdriven Dropaway

Have a hunter hybrid on my bear LST and a trinity target on my elite victory.. gonna use the sort of whale take with the deep curve for a blade to help contain the arrow alittle better on draw back. Still getting used to arrows wanting to fall off blades.

Hi mate I’ve been watching your vids for a while. You’re traverse review is the best on RU-vid. I have just bought a traverse bare and am looking for a rest. I live nearly 3 hours to nearest shop so can’t really try. I figure you’ve set up vapour trails and hamskea hybrid hunter micro tunes on a few traverse bows at the shop. Do both of these rests work ok with a q lite 2 piece quiver? I want to be sure. Also do you ship to Australia?

Like most newbies getting to archery; the down cable attachment is first up with the timing problems. Enter the limb driver arrow rest; all eight 8 bows installed the LIMBDRIVER arrow rests.

Have you done a video on what walk-back tuning is? I have heard you mention it but I'm not familiar with what it is or how to do it. Or even IF I should do it.

Awesome video's 👍😎

Im having issues with my Hoyt Spyder and paper tuning with the my new trophy taker lock up limb driven. I cant seem to get rid of a high tail tear, Ive had suggestions from archerytalk to adjust the internal tension springs to soften the launcher. But its sounds like it could just be a timing issue from how you described being able to move where the cable sits on the limb. How exactly does that work? And yes ive done everything as far as changing nocking points micro adjusting the rest up. I was shooting bullet holes with my QAD before I switched and am well versed in tuning. Any suggestions would be great!

Can you do a review on the new Vapor Trail gen 7x ?

Great videos for information. Some advice for the actual filming since I've noticed this a few times in the videos. The focus issue is because of your depth of field. If you are filming on a DSLR you need to check the F# number. Bump that number up a little that will help the general focus between foreground and background. Because you are so close to the camera in most of the videos the focal distance between your hands and your face is drastically different percentage wise (similar principle to zeroing between 20yds and 100yds, small misses at 20 are huge misses at 100). Again great videos, just trying to help with some small stuff that could make them a little better.

I have 4 bows with the TT Smackdown Pro all connected to the down cable for hunting. They work well this way for me and I like the shorter cord used vs a long cord connected to a limb that could possibly snag on something during a stalk. Is there any issues you’ve seen connecting limb driven rests this way?

Thanks bro. Really informative

Great video. Now I can understand why I'm having trouble paper tuning my obsession fxl. I have a QAD MXT drop away and I'm struggling to paper tune it. Might look into a limb driven rest. Thanks buddy.

Wow... I always thought Cable and limb rests were pretty much the same. But it makes way more sense when you describe how much more you can tune the Limb driven. Guess ill be taking off my rip cord and buy one of those smackdown pro's

Great video, I was leaning towards the cable driven rest specifically made for my new Mathews but think I will stick with my limb driven vapor trail. Is there a specific model that can have the cord tie into the lower limb? The cord seems to smack the quiver mount when it ties into the upper limb. Thanks.

Well that was good. I am looking to change my whisker biscuit. That I got when my bow was new. Looking to get more accurate at 40-50 yards if I need. . Most shots in New England will be inside that. I have a Hoyt vectrix now. May upgrade ... 💰 for my retirement. Lol.

Will all of the limb driven rests mentioned work with the Mathews Q-Lite two piece quiver?

Trophy taker pro is on one of my 8 bows and I love it four bows have the trinity but the trophy taker I never had a issue and it's half price of the trinity

Just purchased 2 Hamskea Trinity’s for both my bows. Really liking them. Been running the QAD

So I've herd a rumor that you can install a elastic cord on a cable driven rest to get arrow support longer. Have you ever done anything like this?

I found a used Trophy Taker Smackdown Pro online but the seller isn't sure if it's made in the USA. He says he got it with his bow back in June 2016. How can I tell if it's the "old one" before Dan sold the company? Thanks

Odd how there is not more love for the Axion Pulse. Limb Driven, always up, and no re-cocking.

I did try to time my dropaway rest but there was an inherent problem with my particular set up. I run >80lb bows- thus my archers paradox issue becomes a steering liability on the blade. No matter which arrows I had- spine aligned and glued! No matter if I rotated the nock, it just rotated the problem. I gotta get off that arrow quickly. So I compensate by running nock level instead of nock high for a gravity adjust. (Only works with level nock travel bows) Just in case your high poundage viewers run into some of the same issues I had. 👍 Love the vid

Any chance you have any U.S. made Smackdowns for sale? :-)

I’d love to see a video on walkback tuning!

I've been using the Ultrarest HDX for a long time, but thinking about using the Hamskea or the Smackdown, any preference between the two?

Any experience with the newer Ripcord limb drivens? Drive and Lok?? Thanks in advance!

If vanes are hitting your drop-away rest, isn't that a rest timing issue?

What do you think about the Trophy ridge HXL? Not much on information on them.

I ran a qad for years until it broke. I switched to a limb driver. Now this could be just in my head but it seems to me the limb driver releases the arrow faster than the qad.

I am interested the the Trophy Taker Smackdown Pro, the Vapor Trail Gen7, or the QAD HDx for my Diamond SB-1. Have you installed any of these on an SB-1? I saw another RU-vid video where a guy had the HDx on his SB-1 and it was just loudly slapping the arrow shelf every time. I am leaning towards the Smackdown Pro or the Vapor Trail after watching your video.

Why do you think bow manufactures (Hoyt and Mathews) are going to interstates rest mounts? More specifically cable driven systems if what you say about cable vs limb is correct? I just bought a intergrated QAD mx for my Hoyt and am kinda having buyers remorse after watching this....

I'm looking for a limb driven rest for my PSE X-Force. I use this bow for hunting, so full containment is a must. Which rest would you prefer between the trophy taker, hamskea, or vapor trail? Looking for something easy to tune, micro adjust isnt a must. Thanks for your help!

Been using a Vapor Trail Limbdriver Pro since 2007. Zero failures.

I'm still pretty new to archery, and after watching this I'm wondering why you'd want a cable driven instead of a limb driven drop away. Seems like a no brainer but I didn't really know much about them.

Purchased a new bow, came with a QAD hdx. Ive not had tuning issues like my older bows. (I can get bare shafts to hit with fletched arrows at 40 yards on a calm day.) Would I benefit by switching it out to a limb driven rest or should i just keep running the QAD and not touch anything?

What rest would you recommend for the Prime Black 3 ?. Use 70% target and 30% hunting.

What part of PA? Just moved out to Fayette county.

Does it have to be picked back up?

where is your shop located? I would love to go and have you go thru my whole bow setup

I got a QAD drop away just like the one you used in the video and have somehow lost one of the 2 tiny bolts that hold the launcher fork to the rod it attaches to. I’ve looked all over and have no clue where I could find one. Any suggestions?

Will a rest like the hamskea work for spot and stalks? I’m worried it will clank around a lot

What do you think of the trophy taker smackdown lock up. I have one but dont trust it after I shoot 4 to 5 arrows it stays up about 1/8 then I adjust it again and shoot and it's up again did everything already. Should got a hamskea rest

What's the best peap for a guy like me?I ware glasses and want a peap with large field of view where I can see my pins better?

I know this is an old video but I’m in the market for a new rest...I’m shooting the VXR and currently using the QAD HDX and the issue is I can’t get my rest to 13/16 from the riser...I’m assuming because the VXR has such a wide riser...my rest can’t move any further left...I’m tearing just a hair tail right...I switched out the top hats on the top and that made it better...still a little right...switched out the top hats on the bottom and it tore tail left...I could fix it by moving the rest to the right but then it gets pretty far from 13/16...basically, I need a rest that will get me to 13/16 center shot from the riser. What’s my best bet?

are they discontinuing the smackdown pro click version?

WHISKER BUSCUIT!!!

Hey, great videos! They have really helped me fine tune my hunting setup and understand why the adjustments work. One issue I am still having is my rest. I have the QAD Hunter (The cheapo). My bow is a PSE X-force Decree, 70#, Axle to Axle 31", and an IBO of 355 (Never shot through a chronograph my bow so i dont know true speed), Shoot roughly a 440 grain arrow at 30" draw length. My question is I am having a hard time getting my arrows to not hit my rest. I can tell its hitting because the felt is being cut by my fletchings. Could it be that the bow is just too fast for this low-end rest? Is it because its cable driven instead of limb driven? Maybe the launcher is bouncing back up? Another weird thing is my arrows melt the felt on the launcher arm, which makes me believe the rest isnt falling fast enough and there is a lot of arrow contact. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! I would drive to the shop and hash it out with you, but I live in Madison WI, its a bit of a drive...

If a limb driven rest starts coming up 3" into my draw then it will also be driven down into the down position 3" from string stop upon release correct? I ask because it sounded like you were saying you could tune drop time independent of lift time.

QUESTION;> will the hunting drop-away rest still work with an target bow if your just planning on shooting for fun?

Just purchased my Mathews V3X 29 and it's accessory time - looking for maximizing accuracy in my hunting set-up for long-range practice and 3D - is the Vapor Trail still a top pick or is there another "do-all" rest that I has the top spot all-around?

I have an RX-3 coming soon and am torn between the Hamskea HHP and the Gen 7. Haven't made a decision yet, but hear that the whale tale on the Hamskea wears out? Maybe look into a Trinity with the new coating on the launcher? Great videos!

Are you implying that the rest SHOULD be in contact with the arrow as long as possible? New to this and figured the opposite... watching lots of your vide

I just use a good old qAd

Hey...I have a Vaportrail 7x, where has the guided vane has to be? Left or up?

My hamskea hunter pro is loud and vibrates like crazy. It's ruining my VXR experience. Anything I can do to help this. I hate that rest.

Whish rest do you recommend for 3d and hunting that is not to noisy.

Please do a video on the Whisker Biscuit.

Hamskea Hamskea Hamskea!!!!!

i bought a trophy taker like that and it brok epretty quick

Hamskea hamskea hamskea... I won't even use anything else for a rest anymore.

I like my limb driven drop aways....how about y'all, limb or cable driven??

Had 2 QADs but with my 27” draw no one could stop the fletching contact. So I stick to the boring old biscuit.

Whisker biscuit all day why complicate things😊

Man, look at all those nice bucks killed with a flashlight and bow & arrow at night.

im got idea for better than all them ! take it free- idea: Rat trap ! nose of arrow will set off trap as let go /used for target only.

Love my vapor trail Pro V. I have beat the crap out of it for the last 5 years. Full capture, no worries, never had an actuation cord problem, pad on the V bar is still holding up, I don't have to worry about cocking the damn thing or a loose cord getting caught on something and screwing up the timing on like on a cable driven rest. This vid has 1.6K thumbs up as of now and only 62 thumbs down. I am sure the QAD guys are the downers, LOL.

"If you're a youth or a woman, you only have 26inch draw length" nah I'm just a dude with stubs for fucking arms

Has anybody ever told you that you look like Baker Mayfield?

If you ever see a slow motion vid of blade rest, you will throw yours away and never use a blade rest again:)

Hamskea Epsilon game over.

Those cable rests are crap. WTH? WAY WAY over engineered. That’s insane. Killed over 10 deer with a good old flipper rest. Technology is not all that. Geez