20 Best Arrow Rest For Recurve Bow (2022 Updated)

My go to for my traditional hunting bowd. Its been working for all these years. Still does. I keep one on the wall for those times a new bow shows up and is not set up with good shelf material

I was very skeptical about using this system instead of a plastic arrow rest but I wanted this simple rest/plate to go with my recurve barebow. I’ve shot with it on four outings at the range and so far no issues.

I got the rest and plate with a recurve bow kit and 3Rivers installed for me and they did a pretty good job as both pieces are still firmly secure. So any newbies who are getting into traditional archery can have confidence that they can shoot from this rest, no problem.

Only thing is you need to shoot fletched arrows with it.

This is as easy and rugged as it gets. I have it on my Tomahawk SS and it looks great. A good look for a traditional rig. As others have said, it will wear the carpet rest away after hundreds or even thousands of arrows go over it.

That said, if you always shoot your arrow the same way (let’s say [email protected] feather out) you will wear the rug in a reliable pattern and form a groove that over time may actually improve your accuracy as later arrows fly reliably true in the groove each time.

I only gave it four stars instead of five for the simple fact that I have had my bow out in the rain and sleet a few times and when it got soaked, the rug’s adhesive started to give out. After it dried out, a few dabs of superglue did the trick (something I just do out of hand now to prevent any nasty surprises in the field).

Of course, you have to then be very careful as you use a razor sharp blade to remove the dried glue residue when replacing rests but it isn’t that big of a deal if you are careful and steady.

I hunt in all weather conditions on public land. Rain snow etc. have always been a major pain for me because of feather fletchings. So after much trying and failing to find more weather resistant feathers I gave up, mounted this rest, and switched to vanes.

The result has been a vast improvement in my shooting during less than perfect weather. Would have given 5 stars if the foam adhesive pads weren’t so thick and easily messed up. Using super glue to secure the rest solved that.

My target shooting definitely improved with it. I will continue to buy them and use them. My only downside is how quickly they wear out using stiff feather fletching. I use Gold Tip traditional carbon arrows and the fletching is cutting it up pretty fast.

The plastic fletching doesn’t seem as tough on it but shooting traditional I use the feather fletching and really like the way they fly.

Although the Bear Weather Rest is described as a device to used on “youth” bows, I found it to be very effective when shooting aluminum, plastic vane fletched arrows with my Samick Sage bow. It is quite easy to install.

Provides a very limited degree of adjustment (you are given two adhesive pads to attach it to the bow which allows you a small amount of latitude for moving the mount a slight distance away from the bow.

The material for which it is made, a resilient rubber, seems to hold up well through use (I’ve probably shot at least 500 arrows off of the one I have on my bow. I tried to put a low cost, adjustable arrow rest on my bow, thinking that being able to move the arrow away from the bow might improve my accuracy.

The result was the new rest tore the vanes off of most of the arrows I shot using it. I quickly removed the adjustable rest and re-installed the Bear rest, and have lost no vanes from the rest tearing them off.

I’m just a hobbyist so ultimate accuracy is not something that keeps me awake at night, but being able to go out and shoot my bow without coming home and spending the next hour or so repair arrows is a big plus.

For the money I can’t imagine a rest that provides a better value and more suitable for its purpose.

Bought this today and had it installed by a cabelas pro staff member. Shot it a few times at cabelas. Got out to the archery range later in the day and the rest didn’t drop away fast enough and arrow caught and broke the plastic cradle in half.

Returned for refund. I saw it came with a replacement in the package but I didn’t want to risk it happening again during bow season and not be able to hunt. For this reason I will stick with a whisker biscuit.

I don’t know why anyone would buy something made of cheap plastic which could malfunction at any time. I have shot a whisker biscuit for the last 15 years with no issues and never had one break so I’ll take the 5 feet per second less.

I have had this rest for just a little over 1 year now and the drop away mechanism no longer functions. The arrow fletching nocks the rest down when it goes through causing the arrow to fly way off course.

Checked all the adjustments and still got same results. Only a 90 day warranty so I am out of luck. Will definitely not purchasing QAD in future.

I purchased this QAD HUNTER arrow rest because I had a good experience with the EXACT same arrow rest on my PSE Brute X about six years ago. Yes, the exact same arrow rest on my PSE Brute X functions perfectly every time and has done so for six years.

This second QAD Hunter I put on my PSE Drive X fails about every 10th shot. By failing I mean the arrow smacks the launcher causing erratic arrow flight (usually downward). This recent purchase I bought during this month (February 2019).

To be fair, I contacted QAD. They responded fast!! And they agreed to take the return of the arrow rest and fix it. How they will do that I do not know. I had this QAD Arrow Rest installed at a local pro shop in Denver.

They state the problem is that my new PSE Drive X with two hybrid cams is too fast for this arrow rest. They also state that the QAD Hunter has “bounce back” problems. Whatever. My first QAD Hunter functions well on my single cam bow.

I will take up QAD on their offer to inspect, repair or replace the arrow rest. But for now, I’ve lost confidence for the QAD Hunter on a dual cam (Hybrid Cam) bow (the PSE Drive X). The last thing I want in a hunting situation is an errant shot to wound an animal.

Oh. and by the way, this new QAD Hunter functions better in an indoor range that is warm. When I shoot at an outdoor range at 33 degrees, I get more “fails”.

I was looking for a good drop away rest and rather than believe all the manufacturers hype and questionable reviews, I contacted The Hunting Public to find out what they used. I was told Trophy Ridge Sync MD was the rest to get.

I picked it up on eBay for a fraction of the list price. I set it up and after fine tuning, it functions perfectly. I like the micro adjustment functions which helps with getting it to center. I made the right choice by picking a proven product.

I’ve had two of these break since buying new this spring with a whitetail legend pro. The first one the pro shop caught when tuning my bow. The second one was on a 9 day antelope hunt in SD. I guess I won’t hunt day 9 tomorrow.

The rest only stays up 1 in 10 tries. Save your money and make another choice.

LOUD on draw. I have tried 3 different types of felt to cover rest and it still makes a loud noise when drawing arrow. I had an issue with the adjustment for height. Rest wont adjust high enough for it to clear the riser shelf.

When you shoot it slams down on the riser. The only option in tuning was to move nock point since I couldn’t adjust rest up because it was already maxed out, or down because it hit the riser. Might fit other bows great but I put it on my Bear Escape and it’s just not a good fit.

Which is surprising since it’s made by trophy ridge. Other than the noise and height adjustment it appears to be an ok rest.

The rest functioned fine. I was replacing my old ripcord max micro that had broke. I took pictures of the settings so I wouldn’t have to completely re-tune my rest. The laser engraved markings didn’t line up between rests.

The main problem though was that the metal rod that the launcher arm connected to was bent! This is unacceptable quality for a made in America product!.

This is my second Ripcord. Both have been bulletproof in their construction and very adjustable. My only dislike is that there seems to be no way to prevent them from light contact with riser as the fall away.

If I could I would rate it 3. 5 stars due to this. I can eliminate most of the slap by installing the ‘fuzzy’ side of velcro to the riser. Both of my Ripcords were on my bows at purchase. The first I later changed out for an Apex Accu-strike Capture.

I may choose to due the same with my current bow.

The Rip Cord Ace Pro is a great fall away arrow rest. The micro adjusting features make setting up the rest simple for new and experienced users alike. I had to move the arrow support to the other holes on the left away from the burger button which provided more clearance for tightening and loosening the windage set screw.

The launch pad does not come with the rest so if you want it, as I did, make sure you visit Rip Cords website when comparison price shopping.

Poor designe on how it adjusts. It puts to much stress on the small bolt that holds rest to the bow. Mine broke after just a few adjustments, sheared the bolt off. My concern is that its not a defect its poor design.

Even if i got a new one and it didnt break right away im worried it could break at anytime like in the middle of a hunt. Also the v notch that holds the arrows was to soft allowing an arrow to fall or push down the bristles.

My arrows are 9. 3 gpi so heavy ish but not way heavy. I would say if you want a capture rest go with the tried and true old school whisker bisket. I will be returning and going back to the WB myself.

The more rest I have tried, the more I have realized the value of having a rest that is incredible easy and does not fail. This rest is minimal setup with maximum benefits. No timing setup, easy to adjust, and has the ability to put arrow after arrow through it while maintaining a precise consistency.

There is a reason the Whisker Biscuit style rest has been so successful, and the V max is the Ferrari of Whisker Biscuits.

This is my 2nd whisker biscuit V I have one for each of my bows. Installation is simple and tuning is easy and very little goes adjustments go along way with this rest. From 20-60 yards is what I typically shoot and shot after shot this rest performed as it should I believe it’s due to less points of contact on your arrow.

I have put a good amount of shots through my other V biscuit and have yet to replace the Whsikers on them. I recommended this rest for everyone definitely a neat and well thought design.

i bought this product from cabelas for the hunting season. it was a little bit less money than i had thought would end as a good drop away rest but i thought i’d give it a shot (no pun intended) the first thing i noticed was that it didnt come with a string attachment so it took me about 30 minutes to get the rest setup before i started tuning.

It worked like a dream for tuning because of the tool less adjustment. and in about 2 days i was completely setup and ready for the hunting season.

The arrow rest came as advertised. I have installed it and it functions quite well. It was a bit difficult to install only from the perspective that the activation string needs to be attached to the down cable and they say to severe it to that cable.

That is a difficult proposition because the cables run pretty tight together and getting any severing tool into that space is virtually impossible. I wound up adding nocks to the cable and tying the activating string in a knot below them.

Other than that it works fine and the set-up was relatively easy. If you are coming from a shoot-through arrow rest where you shot the odd feather down you need to rotate the arrow so that the odd feather is up with this rest or it will make contact and disrupt your arrow’s flight.

(Walmart won’t allow the proper term for the odd colored feather, calling it “sensitive language”. RIGHT!).

I am very happy with this rest, it is everything I wanted, and everything people said it would be, at a great price. I have put off ordering a drop away rest, because I thought for the features I wanted it was going to be well over $100 dollars, so was I surprised with the Apache.

I have shot a spot hogg that was very noisy a friend loaned me, and it shot great, but was way to noisy with the reset function it has. My groups tightened back up past 30 yards, and my broadhead flight tightened up.

I was looking for a drop away, with containment so my arrow would not fall off the rest, but it had to be quiet for hunting and this rest offers all of those. Easy to set up, and tune, with quiet operation.

My go to as an alternative to a drop away rest. I purchased 2 of these rests and use them as my alternative to a fall away rest, The more I use them the more I like them. With this type rest you don’t have to worry about setting and timing them and serving in pull cord like a fall away.

I use them on two of my bows and they are just as accurate as my fall aways, they are made of good materials are rock solid and quiet, adding a little mole skin on arrow skid helps it to not wear it out.

I definately will purchase more of these in the future when my fall aways break or wear out. Good stuff ! I recommend them to anyone who demands an accurate rest without the hassle of setting up a fall away 5 star rest.

Thanks, M. G.

This rest is excellent! You should know a little something about tuning a bow in order to set it up properly. I have read many reviews about this rest at many different retailers. It seems to me that many of the problems experienced by negative reviewers could be due to improper tuning techniques.

If you don’t know how to tune a bow properly, take it to a bow shop to have it done correctly, and this rest will work just as advertised. I was able to paper test my arrows with perfect results; believe me, if you take your time and do it right, you will not be disappointed.

One of the best arrow rests on the market. Well designed and built keeps arrow in place! No more fumbling arrow with loose arrows.

Repeatable performance, smooth protection of the veins are features that I like very much. Though not a problem, at least not yet is the single screw holding the rest in place. It is fairly easy to move the rest by accident.

another screw or a staking pint would be a great addition to a already good rest.

The arrow rest was easy to attach and has worked great so far. The small screws that set the elevation are fragile. I was adjusting the elevation and as I was tightening the small screw the top just broke right off.

Maybe I wasn’t gentle enough with it. For the price this arrow rest is worth every penny.

The screws don’t hold very well. And the rubber tip that hold the arrow wear down to metal very fast

I was adjusting the cable length for the rest and noticed the height was lower and when I tightened it the bolt stripped out and the rest fell off. This whole experience was frustrating. I would not recommend this item or buy it again.

Nice feel since it’s magnesium. Good weight without being heavy. I wish it had a locking mechanism like the QAD or ACE rests. But it functions properly and definitely helped improve my accuracy. For the money, I’m buying one for every bow in the house, and still not spending as much, put together, as I would on one of the high end rests.

The rest is easy to use and set up. Would recommend using a additional arrow holder on the riser so you do not have to hold the arrow while hunting. Good rest and will put it on my other bow.

Easy setup, cradles arrows perfectly. Alignment to sight is easy, seems more durable and better built then discord model. So far love it. Fall away is flawless. Color matches my Halon 6. Accuracy using it is great.

Get it.

The best rest out there. Worried about the cost? Remember, you get what you pay for and this is the epitome of dependability and durability. This rest will outlive your setup!

This is a precision instrument. Hunting is the sum of the cumulative parts. If you want to be your best, buy the best. This is the best.

I replaced my initial G5 drop away for what I was hoping was a good consistent rest. Sadly the fletching intermittently contacts the rest tearing away the felt and often sending my arrows to never never land.

QAD service was top notch and replaced the rest sight unseen and sent a replacement priority. FedEx I was impressed with that! Had a shop set it up again, but again, sadly, the fletching intermittently contacts the rest and sends the arrows hither and thither.

So, its off to find a new rest. Thats a lot of wasted time, lost and destroyed arrows, and 1 lost deer. This rest may work on your setup, but not with my Prime bow.

I love this rest. I looked at all the professional archers and didn’t want to spend a crazy amount. This thing is phenomenal. Always works once set up properly. So Highly recommend I bought one for my son.

I have probably gone through 5-6 of these rests over the years. They are awesome. The only problem I have ,and it happens on every one, is that after about a year the rest doesn’t catch and stay up every time you set it.

I have to keep flipping it up time after time until it catches. It will always come up when you draw the bow but I like the raise it with my arrow contained in it so it is secure. I’m on this site right now to buy another one.

Guess that’s just the way it is!.

The rest works, for sure. However, it’s pretty flimsy, and I don’t see it lasting long at all. I also think it may actually decrease accuracy due to it’s flimsiness. The rest torques to the left noticeably when at full draw.

it also has no elevation adjustment, so getting a precise tune out of it is next to impossible. However, it does work, and it’s cheap.

Not a bad budget arrow rest easy to calibrate

The only thing I dont like about the rest is that the windage is not micro adjustable, other than that it works great.

Researched many different brands and features. Being my first crossbow purchase, I had many concerns and questions. This crossbow was the answer! Assembled very easily. The crossbow is short and compact.

Easy to load a bolt, even at it’s high 175lb rating. I added a Tactacam 2. 0 HD camera to the crossbow using an underscope mount. Best accessory for many reasons. **Shoots very fast and very straight! However, it did require modifying the back mount of the scope.

Out of the box the bow shot consistently 6 inches low at 10 yards (less than 1 inch patterns). I found the same condition described by others online. I placed small strips of rubber tape in the back scope mount, under the scope.

This corrected the need to adjust about 120 clicks up. That much adjustment exceeded the ability to replace the elevation cap on the scope. Definitely a 5-Star crossbow in my book.

I know absolutely nothing about crossbows and was able to put this together in about 30 minutes. Should have taken 10 but the instructions are pitiful and it took a few YouTube videos and a call to Bear to complete (why wouldnt they just make decent instructions)? Anyway, hitting bullseyes from 20 – 50 yards right off the bat.

Problem is this bow is so powerful the bolts went almost completely through the Black Hole crossbow field target and literally melted the target material and then cooled on the vanes ruining them. Buy yourself The Rag Bag from Third Hand Archery and it stops the arrows and they pull out like butter (only for field points though).

I highly recommend this bow. Very powerful and solidly built.

Great crossbow for the price. If you take your time and read the instructions you can assemble it successfully. Powerful draw and feet per second shooting. Excellent scope for lining up shots. Beautiful camouflage on the bow and base unit.

The zombies will walk the other way when they see this baby.