Thats exactly why I found the rest to be so interesting. It keeps the arrow captured up off the shelf. You simply load an arrow, and push it into holding position. When you draw the cord brings the rest up into shooting position. If you have to let down, it simply drops the arrow back to holding position up off the shelf. If you release the arrow the rest falls all the way to the shelf for full clearance. It works both as a pull cord & inerta style rest. I also contacted the company on it this summer. Thats how I found out it wasn' t available then. I had asked them a few questions myself. 1 was the noise factor, other was how do you get your arrow out of the rest if don' t shoot it. They said the rest can also be pushed down for arrow removal.