I can't imagine a 30 fps loss due to a WB. I put my Patriot through the chrono with the old WB and lost 2-3 fps. Any string silencers out there will slow you down more then a WB will. 30 fps is either a mistake or there was something terribly wrong elsewhere.

I haven't shot through a chrono with my new B2 disc yet but I expect the same or less........my pins are still dead on.


I have shot prong and drop away rests.........liked the drop away better of the 2 but neither one can compare with the WB for a hunting rest IMO.

I thought about trying a WB, but I first wanted to try a dropaway....the QAD Ultrarest that Jeff B. was raving about. Glad I did, I love this rest and it also has full containment.

Bowfanantic, I don't know if Len would mind or not. Thats not my concern, all I can do is report what he said while I had my bow there at his shop. There is nothing wrong with that. I usually don't believe much I read, So i tried it myself. And low and behold he wasn't too far off base. My brother said "so what" and kept it on his bow. I thought that was what these forums were for. No reason to get dirty about it. Its just the internet.

bigcountry,

A severely out of tiller bow, with a real fat arrow incorrectly shot through a tight hole in a outsert carbon biscuit, from an inordinatey high nocking point, with the windage of the rest cranked all the way into the riser of the bow would probably lose 30FPS.

But in the real world, with people that will use the correct size biscuit, the correct spine arrows for the bow, take the time to set their bow at an even tiller and make sure the cams are in time, and the arrow is nocked at 90degrees to the bowstring, and that the rest is centered on the bow properly; zero or real close to zero speed loss with the whisker biscuit is the normal result.

You might want to change the battery in your chronograph.

Good luck hunting! >>>------------>

I have to concur that an arrow losing 30 fps with the Whisker Biscuit, has something set up incorrectly. I've helped tune about 15 friend's bows with a WB, and none lost more than a few fps. In fact, with the new B2 Biscuit, if i saw a 5-6 fps loss, I'd be looking for a problem with the set up to correct.

You guys might be right. I would like to perform the experiment again. Getting my bro to let me experiment with his bow before hunting season would be impossible. I did half a$$ the experiment. I admit that. I set up a very quick centershot and only used a arrow level for nock setup. Threw on the WB, and eyeballed, quick paper tune, and off thru the chrony. Since then, he has made several adjustments. For the record, I didn't see 30fps, I saw more like 22 on average but have seen simular experiements where it was up to 30fps max. And yes, my shooting chrony does get slightly different speeds depending on sunscreens, the sky color, or if I have scotch tape over the photocells. I realize I could be wrong. And even though alot on here are so sure of themselves, they can be too, and I bet are on a regular basis, even if they don't admit it. Nobody knows everything.

Whisker biskits are simply IMHO the best hunting rest on the market today, bar none. You will only notice a difference of 4-6 fps speed loss over other rests and I concur with Straightarrow and others--- if you are really worried about that little bit add another crank to the limbs to compensate! Done![8D]

It was mentioned that the drop away rest will eliminate problems with the shooters form. This may be true with field points, but with broad heads I have found that form always matters. I recently put a Muzzy Zero Effect drop away rest on my bow (I love it by the way) and my broad heads were grouping about 3 inches below my field points. Another archer walked over and I explained what I was doing. He watched me shoot one arrow and noticed that my wrist was dropping slightly on release. I concentrated on stiffening my wrist and my broad heads and field points now group in the same spot. Bottom line, form always matters.

As far as the WB, it is a very simple and effective rest. I have a friend who swears by them. I can see why some people prefer them.