I put a WB on my new Patriot this season and it won't be coming off any time soon. The rest makes no noise, is simple to load, holds the arrow at any angle, and I have shot countless times with it and the only damage done to my vanes is by other arrows in the group.

My bow shoots 275 fps and groups 3 different broadhead brands and designs nice and tight.

If your WB is frozen......so is your bow and all your arrows and your release and your stand and your tree. VERY few people will ever be in conditions this extreme.....but if you are my advice would be.....Try again tomorrow!! There isn't a piece of equipment on earth that is ice proof.

1% chance of something going wrong can be applied to ANY piece of equipment on the market today. Considering things like buck fever and just plain human error I would say that you have a much better chance of being let down by yourself then your equipment.

If your WB turns because you dragged it through the bushes either it wasn't tight to begin with or you would have twisted or bent the rest no matter which one it was.

No single piece of equipment is right for everyone. I did not want to even try a WB because of the negative stuff I had heard and read in places like this and shops around town........Then I had a NIGHTMARE with my NAP drop away on the Patriot and the shop owner had his bow out while I was there and it had a WB on it. I asked him a few questions and he said he would set me up with one and if I didn't like it he would take it back no charge. He set it up and I never gave it back.

Maybe it isn't great for 3D pros or Vegas tournaments.........I couldn't care less if it is or not.......I HUNT and it is a great HUNTING rest. That much I do know.

I am going to Gander Mountain tomorrow to get my brother one for Christmas. He had an arrow fall off his rest this year and has been whining that he wished he had a WB like mine so that wouldn't have happened. I am interested to see if he has similar praise for his as I do mine.

Works for me.

Just my experience FWIW.