Why do you need to put the fletching though first? Can't it be loaded from behind? You know, just stick the head through the rest? Well after thinking about it, it would be a pain in the butt doing that to. Well at least in hunting all you have to do is nock an arrow once and you're ready. I guess this thingy neatly holds the arrow while you sit in the stand too? No bang, clatter or any arrows fall off the rest? My only concern has ever been magnet life and or failure? But now that I look at loading..... I don't like that either. Even the venerable whisker bisquit did away with that loading technique and cut a slot. I would think with the proper engineering they could do the same thing with the air rest, especially with the skinnier carbons. If anyone had a creep in his draw at fulldraw he'd surely have a problem.[8D][8D] I guess this thing would make them correct that form flaw pretty quickly. Is the rest padded for silence, if not could you line it with moleskin or isn't there enough clearanace for fletchings with that. If you didn't have your bow set up to shoot perfect darts, ie nock height etc, it would seem you'd know immediately and get some fletching slap.

Congrats on that tribute baby!!!

congrats, you will enjoy it.

Congrats!! How about a photo of the new arrival?

All good and valid points, David. I'd like to know more about the subjects you brought up as well. I was kind of assuming (without any information whatever) that the shaft of the arrow slid along the bottom of the rest until closer to full draw when the magnets would "pick up" the arrow and center it inside the rest...

Congrats on the new bow. As far as the air rest goes, I looked at one yesterday at cabela's, they are selling them now. They don't sell GFK prong rests anymore, but they sell every crazy looking drop a way or containment rest you think of. I am quickly beginning to not like cabela's as far as archery goes. They used to have a great archery department, but every year it gets smaller and more cheesy. And if you see something you like, they may not even carry it in a few months.

Any way, the rest has a VERY strong magnet in it. Like all the packages were stuck together when I looked at them and I had to pry them apart. The rest is basically just like a WB but no wiskers and it weighs more. Tuning and mounting looks to be the same. And no it does not "float" the arrow while at rest. It will sit on top of the rest, which means it is free to move around clank against the side of the rest or bounce up and down. It will only float when you draw it and the metal insert in the tip comes into the magnetic field.

All I have to say is I am glad you are trying it out and not me. All joking aside I think it should work fine for you. I wouldn't want to shoot vegas rounds or field archery with it, but it should work for hunting just fine.

By the way I got a bodoodle pro light in the bargain cave while I was there to replace my drop zone. Man what a nice rest! The packaging and instructions pretty much suck, but the rest is nice as long as you don't shoot a helical.

Again congrats on the bow and good luck with it.

Paul

congrats and good luck with your new set up

congrats and i hate my old bisquit but i am getting a new one soon