Quieting a Drop away rest
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From: Beendare
27-Jun-22
I just picked up my compound again for a hunt and that metallic sound from my QAD rest is annoying. I have a thin piece of neoprene on the shelf but it’s still has a metallic slapping type sound.
Is there anyway to quiet these? Is there a better rest on the market now?
From: RIT
27-Jun-22
I just put the Hamskea epsilon on my new Hoyt. Whisper quiet.
From: Grey Ghost
27-Jun-22
Grey Ghost's Link
Bruce, I put this Limb Saver kit on mine, and it made a noticeable difference.
Matt
From: Cheesehead Mike
27-Jun-22
I just installed a Hamskea Trinity after my QAD failed on me last fall.
From: Lawdog
27-Jun-22
Maybe I'm deaf or so my wife claims. I use a QAD on my Hoyt Vector. I put some stick on felt fabric on the riser and shelf. Seems quiet to me. Now that you've got me in the mind, I'll just have to listen.
From: Ermine
27-Jun-22
Hamskea Trinity on my bow. Quiet and bombproof
From: Bou'bound
27-Jun-22
thin rubber on the shelf and riser like Hoyt provides. Don't all do this?
From: RIT
27-Jun-22
Felt on my rest, rubber coated housing, and a rock solid mount makes for no noise out of this guy.
From: Beendare
27-Jun-22
I have a thin sheet of neoprene where the rest contacts the shelf. I’ve tried felt.
It seems to be a metallic clique not just from hitting the shelf but the reverberation through the rest and the mechanism itself
From: WapitiBob
27-Jun-22
My hamskae blade is behind the shelf, no sound
From: TREESTANDWOLF
27-Jun-22
Trinity here also.
Bomb proof and Micro adjustable.
From: Hancock West
27-Jun-22
I wrapped mine in yarn which quieted it down alot
From: Buffalo1
27-Jun-22
piece of sticky backed velcro (female)
From: carcus
28-Jun-22
Something must be wrong, never had any of my qad's make noise, are you running the HDX? I've found my limb driven rest make more noise
From: Ermine
28-Jun-22
I have my Hamskea set up so the launcher is behind the shelf It never hits the shelf
From: Pat Lefemine
28-Jun-22
Curious where you’re experiencing the sound?
When you are manually clicking it into position for stand shots?
Drawing across the rest?
Or upon release?
There’s a slight noise when I draw across mine but it’s typically fixed with moleskin.
From: APauls
28-Jun-22
All you need is a whisper biscuit ;) Somebody had to say it.
From: Kodiak
28-Jun-22
Apauls, because it's true. Moving parts equals noise. Jmo
From: Beendare
28-Jun-22
Sound is on the release of the arrow. It might be that I've been shooting a quiet recurve for a decade or so.
I flipped it a bunch of times and it appears to be coming from the prongs hitting the neoprene. I'm going to try some different material...the wool idea seems like a winner as it works well on the ends of recurve strings.
From: LUNG$HOT
29-Jun-22
Not sure how to quiet your current rest but I shoot a Limb driver Gen 7 and that thing makes zero noise. Also never have to worry about arrow contact either. Was skeptical at first but after using it I’ll never go back to a cable driven rest.
From: Nick Muche
29-Jun-22
Always love a mass produced, highly advertised rest a guys gotta do his own thing to in order for it to be quiet. Fun times we live in!