ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
ORIGINAL: BigJ71
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
If you're looking for an idiot proof rest, the Hostage is a must have. All the benefits of the Whisker Biscuit without all the fletching contact. I've been a die hard drop away fan for several years, but I'm considering a switch to the Hostage this year.
Sorry Dan but I have to disagree with you here. It's (the Hostage) is not even in the same league as the Whisker Biscuit. First, if you bump the arrow it will be sent through the bristles and clang into the rest. (that's why they supply you with mole skin) where the Whisker Biscuit will "reset" itself if the arrow is bumped.
Second, if you are shooting with anything more than a slight offset (4 deg.) on your vanes then either the front edge or the trailing edge of the vane will make contact with the bristles depending on how you orientate it on the rest.
Third, it's made of a fairly strong but still a "plastic type" material.The mounting arm (the extension piece that goes from theriser bracket to the rest head)on mine was slightly bent, from themolding process nodoubt. I was still able to tune it and itworked finebut it's no way near the quality of the Whisker Biscuit. The Biscuitis all aluminum and a far sturdier rest (IMO).
I bought one to check it out and do some testing on it. It's a pretty good rest but I ended up giving it away on one of my "late night giveaways" I would take the Whisker Biscuit over the Hostage any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Interesting. So far I haven't had any real problems with the rest. As for the contact issues, what vanes were you shooting? I've been shooting Blazers with a pretty fair helical to them and haven't had a problem getting them to shoot through paper perfect.
The only thing I dislike about it, is as you mentioned, the fact that its made of plastic. It seems durable enough, but plastic is plastic and it has a tendancy to break at the most inopportune times.
Dan,
I'm shooting 4in Duravanes with abouta 4 deg offset and mine cleared....barely with absolutely no room for error! But when I tried shooting a few arrows with tighter offsets, no matter how I arranged the arrow it would either hit the leading edge or if I rotated it on the string so the front edge would clear, the trailing edge would contact.[:@]
I agree about the plastic. Mineseemed sturdy and I'm sure it's a pretty good polymer but like you said "plastic is plastic" and I didn't try it in sub zero weather either so I don't know what the extreme cold will do to it.