What's all the hoopla bout fall aways?
 

Could someone please explain to me what all the hoopla is bout the fall away rest lines from all the big manufacturers? I shoot with a whisker biscuit quick drop rest for practice and for hunting. My performance with it is remarkable. I guess I would just rather know that during those key seconds when BWANA walks out in front of you, your arrow isn't going to fall off or slide. Maybe I'm missing something I dunno. Let me know what you think or know!!!

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I use the wb 2 my arrows never slip or fall off i like it

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See, now I agree with you. The WB to me is the best rest. Maybe I'm not as skilled as the others that laugh at the WB. The fall aways look like they are to much to deal with attaching to cable and all.

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It's just another in a long line of fads. Like most all of the others, it will burn itself out in a few years and then the herd will stampede to the next fad. Same with the whisker bisquit. ;)

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I use a Bo Doodle rest. Yes it can fall off. It makes me concentrate and pull my bow back slowley and upright ( plumb ). Knowing it can fall off makes me draw it back the same every time. In my opinion it makes you concentrate on your shot from start to finish. I think the WB is a great invention though, wish I had thought of it.

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I agree with Arthur, I have used a few of the drop aways. While they work and I kind of like them they are not magic or anything. They help with fletch contact issues and that is about it. I really can't see any big advantage other than that. Everything else is just theories or guesses, nothing you can really prove. I don't shoot any better with a drop away then I do a prong rest, and a good prong rest is simpler in my opinion. I think the biggest problem is most don't have the prong rests set up correctly to begin with.

I don't care much for the WB either. I have a few friends that have them and asked me to help set them up. They work and are great for stalking I guess, but I don't care for them myself. I would pick a Muzzy drop away or something before the WB. Just a personal thing though.

For target shooting I wouldn't mess with either, I would go for a quality prong rest with a blade or a bodoodle.

Paul

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I agree with Arthur, In the past year I have taken more off than put on. The whisker bisquit may be here to stay though.

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This sums it all up! This to me is a huge factor in my accuracy. When I switched to the Vital Bow Gear my grouping improved 10fold! With nothing touching my arrow but the string, now I know when I, me made the bad shot, not the bows fault. When I used prong rests I had way to many fliers! With too much putzin around with the prong I went with VBG ultimate fall away rest! I have no fliers and they go where I put the pin! Pretty cool! This is just my opinion on my experiences! Good luck.

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Not the steadiest hands around so I have am a big whisker biscuit fan.

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I like the MZE rest for the fact it does cradle my arrow,and with the mole skin it is quieter than any prong style that I have ever used ,even those that have had shrink tubing on them.I have put mole skin on fork styles before and it does quiet the arrow draw.I like the MZE too for the reason that I can "concentrate on my shot from start to finish"and not fret over the arrow falling off the rest, like in times past.It may look like a complex piece of gadgetry ,but really is quite simple,as compound bow go;)

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I tried the WB rest and it was ripping me feathers to shreds. So i switched to a Quicktune 4000 drop away or something like that. But i really disagree with the arrow falling off because with the rest i have you can turn your bow a lot with out the arrow falling off.

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I shoot 5"feathers on a pretty hard helicle. I need the drop away to ensure fletching clearance.

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I think the drop away is here to stay. It has too many advantages to be faded out. The biggest advantage is that it allows you to shoot smaller diameter carbons with helical fletchings with no fletching contact. My accuracy improved when I switched from the wb to the drop zone. I will never go back to a prong style or wb rest.

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I feel the guy that shoots 3D and uses 1.5" to 2" vanes can get away with any rest. I gave up shooting my compound for a couple years and went to a recurve due to my experience with the prong rest. IMO, I'ts the absolute worst designed rest ever thought of. You have to get your fletching just right so they don't hit the prongs, that constant CLICK, CLICK drives me crazy when you shoot:(. THEN there's the wear problem, this has to be the worst problem with prong rests. You try teflon, thong tongs, velcro, derlon and any other thing you can find but in the end, IT WEARS THRU AND THE NOISE COMES BACK WHEN YOU DRAW. Then when you draw quick, if not using some kind of holder or gadget, your arrow bounces off the prongs and hopefully if you have enough fleace all over your riser and all around the bow, it might give you a chance to let down and draw again.[:@] The guy that wants to shoot 5.5" full helical with banana fletch will find out real quick why the dropaway is popular. This is the extreme but with most dropaways you don't have to worry about your fletching choice or if you shoot cock vane up or down or even have a cock vane. I shot a Whisket Buscuit this year hunting and it works well but you have to get the right fletch and get the vanes just right. This is the part that reminds me of the prong rest. The Whisker Buscuit is heads above the prong rest(you might get the feeling I don't like the prong rest) but dropaways have there place and will be around for a LONG time. I have 3 Muzzy zero effects (1 for roller cam and 2 for cable guards), a Trophy Taker and have tried a couple others. It might just be me but setting up a dropaway is about 10 times easier than a prong style or plunger contact rest. The Whisker Buscuit was simple and MUCH easier than a prong style rest. For those that have not tried a dropaway, especially those that are like me, a little set in their ways and in their 50's, open your mind and give a dropaway a fair chance and I think you will be very surprised how easy and simple they work. It might be like the string loop that fixed that serving wear problem we lived with for so many years. You might just say "WOW, why didn't I try this sooner:eek:). Don(I really hate prong rest[:'(]) Armstrong

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I have only tried one fallaway(QAD Ultrarest) and like it, but I don't think the fallaways will shoot any better. Perhaps the best attribute to some fallaways is the full containment factor. I disagree that it will burn itself out, but I do agree that regular prong type rests will always remain. I also believe that all bow rests are way overpriced as are most accessories.[:o]

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I too am a Muzzy fan. I've had one for about 4 years now. It truly is a great hunting rig. It's always there, it's fast to load, it helps eliminate hand torgue induced at the moment of truth from odd shooting positions. It's never failed. The deal about fall aways is that they eliminate the rest from the equations. You no longer have a pivot point for an arrow to bounce off or be pushed off line with hand torgue. NO, I'm not a bad form guy... but I do know what works. As far as being a fad... for me it's a hunting rig I'll stay with. People said wheels, releases, carbon arrows etc were fads at one time.

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Exactly Dave.I agree too about it being a hunting rig.Just like many of the other accessories on a bow it's part of the "rig"that can make it an efficient hunting tool.

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i dont have one. but i hear raves about them

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The wb was made for one purpose and that is for hunting.It is probably the greates hunting rest ever made.But if you shoot 3-d or field the drop away is best thing sence sliced bread.

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I don't like the fact that with the wb, the arrow is in contact with the whiskers that long. I have a QAD ultra rest, and it serves the same purpose, but it falls away so it isn't in contact very long. I just liked the fall away containment and that was the main reason I went with it. I don't know, just my opinion.