ORIGINAL: Rick James
ORIGINAL: gzg38b
Anybody ever use this one? It's a Trufire Stalker. It's a low end model but I have a friend who hunts with it and he likes it. I can pick one up for about $15 right now and I'm thinking about trying it. I've been using a Winn Free Flight glove but I want to try a thumb release. With a wife and 3 kids, I really can't justify $200 on a release when I already have one that still works.
To be completely honest, I don't think it would be worth a change in releases unless you could afford some sort of sear style of a thumb trigger like a TRU Ball, Carter, Stan, etc. I rather see you buy a 10 year old carter than something like this. I'd suggest to watch the classifieds over on that "other" site and see what you can come up with, you may see something good that is several years old pop up for $25-$35. I had a whole bundle of 40+ releases last year and wish I could have known then, because some of them went for as low as $20, yet worked perfectly.
I agree totally,most of the cheap thumb style releases have so much trigger movement that they do more harm than good.
Matt,I don't even use a handheld because of the fear of me losing it or dropping it.I love my Tru ball Short @ Sweet II for hunting.I have actually looked at using the st3 for huntingbut couldn't justify it.
Big,I stated that earlier about those type carter's.Thick glove would be a problem but I do like Matt,I wear very thin gloves and my hands stay warm in my parka jacket.
I also love the way the Fits Me Too fits in my hand but adjusting the tension couldn't be more simple.Take spring out and change it.But Like I stated earlier,I put the heavy spring in and left it.
I have a Tru ball Chappy and really hated the way it was adjusted.Worked great if you did it right but if you did it wrong,you might launch an arrow at an ill advised time.Saw a friend do that.
