my last bow had a biskit on it wanted a ripcord but they were very hard to come by at the time new on market so i put a biskit on was very happy with it worked great . now just bought a switchback xt got a ripcord love it works great but as for the QAD compared to the ripcord is like compareing apples to apples so close to the same thing other then the stay up capture of theQAD they are the same rest pick what you like QAD has a hunter model little cheaper might be all ya need to buy one save a few bucks. but qas far as differances not much