Review Ultra Rest HD Proseries Drop Away Rest!
We are reviewing the
Quality
Archery Designs Ultra rest HD proseries Drop Away Rest.
A Drop Away Rest is a rest that
drops away as the arrow is fired.
There are three types of rests we
will be talking about in this article.
The three rests are the standard
rest, the fall away rest, and the drop away rest.
The methodology that I used in
testing this rest was shooting at a target at different ranges.
I also used it to shoot at 3D’s and
hunting wood chucks.
I should point out the difference
between a drop away rest and the other rests.
A
standard rest will hold the arrow as the bow is fired.
When the bow
is fired the fletching
will fly through the rest. The rest holds the arrow the whole time
it is flying out of the bow.
What a drop away rest does is hold
the arrow before the shot.
When the bow is fired the rest
moves out of the way of the arrow.
The idea behind this is that the
arrow will fly out
of the bow without the rest hindering the flight
of the arrow.
This is a good rest for all hunting
situations.
This is a rest that you can use
from the tree stand or on the ground. The big advantage of a drop
away rest is that it will help overcome shooting problems.
Hunters are shooting from less than
perfect positions as we shoot at game.
A fall away rest moves away from
the arrow as the bow is fired, helping us with torque problems.
This rest will not overcome
someone’s bad shooting form.
Hunters really need to try to use
good shooting form as we hunt.
Not all rests that move out of the way are the same. There are two kinds of rests, a fall away rest and a drop away rest. The difference is that the fall away rest simply falls away when you shoot and the drop away rest is moved out of the way. The problem with a fall away rest is that the rest may not move out of the way when shooting from different positions. An example of this would be shooting down hill or out of a tree.
What I really like about the Ultra
Rest HD Proseries Drop
Away Rest is that it holds the arrow.
A lot of drop and fall away rests
don’t hold the arrow as you wait to fire the bow.
With other rests the arrow lies on
the bow shelf as you wait to fire. The problem with this is that the
arrow is not being held by anything and it can be bumped to the side
of the bow or moved into a position where the arrow will not be
picked up by the rest when it is time to fire.
The ultra rest comes with mole skin
to cover the parts of the rest that the arrow comes in contact with.
This will limit the chance that the
arrow could make a noise if the arrow should get bumped.
The rest I got to review came with a DVD that shows how to install it. The webpage also has all the videos on it. This video should be watched even if you are going to have the pro shop setup your rest. The video gives you an understanding of how the rest works. The DVD also has some hunting videos on it. The hunting videos are OK. The video on the rest is filled with information.
There are a few things you should know. When setting up this rest I had to put my knock point much higher than I had to with other rests I have used in the past. It is 7/16 of an inch high. This is a lot higher than the 1 to 3/8th of an inch used for a standard rest. The rest needs to be released when the bow is fired. This is done by a lead that is attached to the down pulling cable. When setting up the lead you will attach it to the down pulling cable. If this is not setup right the rest will not fall away when fired. The arrow fletching will hit the rest when it is fired.
I was able to set up the rest and
center shot the rest in about 30 minutes.
I did get some help from the people
at Halls Archery.
If you have never set up a rest I
would have the people at your local pro shop help you install this
rest.
Setting up the rest is not that
hard. You just need a little background to do it.
One trick that I learned is to put
lipstick on the fletching to see if they are hitting the fingers of
the rest.
This rest is a great hunting rest. You will have great accuracy for hunting. I was easily able to put five arrows in a five inch circle at 50 yards. This rest is not a target rest. This rest is a great rest for moving though the woods and shooting from a tree stand. I would not use it if I was a target shooter or a competitive 3D shooter.
I have been shooting mine for about a month and have never had a time when the rest didn’t move out of the way. It is well built with spare fingers that come with the kit. All the parts that are needed to put the rest on the bow are included in the kit. This is the rest I will be using this season for small game in the summer and deer in the fall.
This is a rest any bow hunter can use.
Good luck
Quality Archery Designs Ultra rest HD proseries Drop Away Rest
