Mirage Drop-away
 

Got back into bowhunting earlier this summer via a new Matthews LX. I installed a Mirage Drop-away and really like it. Very stable and easy to use and my groups are unbelievably tight. What I have noticed is a pretty loud click when the drop-away snaps down. There is a small pad, but it is not enough. I tried some moleskin but it was not much help. Suggestions?

Thanks for your advice.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

yes usa a piece of the closed cell foam padding in between the rest and the bow shelf this will reduc a lot of the noise.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

The click is coming from the rest, when the arm that holds the arrow up hits the actual rest. Closed cell might work, if I can get a small enough piece to glue to the rest.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

Try a small piece cut from a mouse pad!:D

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

You can also try putting a piece of rubber peep tubing over the whole pick-up arm. I did this with mine and it seemed to work well. I sent the rest to 5shot for review. I forget whether or not he posted the review of it yet.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

I have tubing over my pic-up arm....it still needs much more IMO....that thing is loud! I traded it to a buddy for another QT3000....I may attempt to build my very own version of the QT 4000.....if I ever get the time, patience and desire!:D

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

To be honest with you Jason, I could never totally get the clicking out of my rest either though one of the customers rests sounded much quieter and he had nothing on the arm whatsoever. I wonder if it is a quality control issue.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

Could be. My friend has the same rest on his bow right now and wanted another for another outfit he has....his has been quieter from day one than mine was.....I'm not at all upset about getting rid of it. I've noticed my pick up arm is much farther towards the riser than his(alum. cradle is in turn farther from the riser) and some other minor things, but all in all I think one could/should buy a much better rest.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

I agree that the quality of the mirage could be better, but I really like the overall concept and how well the rest centers and raises the arrow.

I have jumped through some hoops to quiet down my rest and believe I have done a pretty good job. Here, in no particular order are the things I did to make it quieter.

Foam wether stripping between the arrow cup and the arrow shelf on the bow. (Took out about 70% of the noise)
Small piece of limbsaver material glued on the arrow cup where the launcher wire contacts.
Heat shrink tubing over the launcher wire with a thin layer of plumbers teflon tape wrapped around it (Deadly quiet on draw regardless of what type of arrow you use)
A couple of wraps of teflon tape around the launcher wire where it passes through the holes in the arrow cup. It acts as a bushing on the wire and takes out a bit of the click when the bow is fired.

I really wish that GKF would redesign the rest to address some of the problems encountered by it's users. With some small design improvements, I don't think you could beat a Mirage as a hunting rest.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

I used a cut from a SVL Mini Limb Saver and used that as a stop pad (super glue it on). It worked great. I also placed mini LS's on both sides of the rest and wrapped the wire arm in fleece. This is a rest that really isn't the best out there these days BUT with a little bit of custom work it can indeed be a good rest.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

yeah its a little noisy but with some simplicity it can be quited down.but as far as the rest is concerned i think it works great.the arm on the trophy taker is as loud or louder and twice the money.i got one on my liberty as have not shot any better. i have robin hooded 2 arrows in the last week and a half.for now on its strictly spot shooting.sure a few simple things golden key could do and if they did this rest would take off as far as a popular hunting rest.people here about the noise issue and shuns this rest--- its a shame because it is very functional and dependable. i have shot this rest for the past 1 1/2 years and never had a problem out of it.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

I know a fix , take it off the bow set it in your drive way and smack it with a 10 lb sledge:D , It along with the power drop are definately the 2 worst spent funds I have wasted , on a peice of archery equipment , POS junk in my not so humble opinion [:@]

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

I agree with jimmy. Of about a dozen drop aways I've tried the Mirage was one of the noisiest. Maybe it can be made less noisy but for the money it should not have any issues. I took mine off and gave it to my nephew to try for 3D. I won't go so far as to say it's junk, but I'm a little picky when it gets down to noise in a hunting bow. For 3D I could care less.

RE: Mirage Drop-away
 

Everyone has just about named everything you can do to the Mirage to get it tame. Great concept & as stated by others a redesign would do wonders for this rest.

This is what I had to do to mine.

1. put rubber tubing over the pickup arm
2. put fleece between the riser & the body of the rest
3. put a nice chuck of thick fleece glued to the body where the launcher hits.
4. Had a few beers
5. glued some fleece where the stopper hits
6. had a few more beers

well there you go....eventually is gets real queit once the beer sets in.

:D