Flipper Rest or Feather Rest?

[Etter]

And why?  I have two bows with giant shelfs that are just a nightmare to tune and figured elevated was the way to go.


Also, can you switch back and forth from elevated and off the shelf bows without shooting accuracy issues?  Thanks

[Sirius Black]

The feather rest may have the arrow not as high above the shelf. As to the second question,  I always shot higher with an elevated rest than off the shelf. 

[BAK]

Is it for hunting or plinking?  I lost an opportunity on a nice Black Bear in Ontario once  do to the slight scratchy sound drawing a shaft over a feather rest makes.

[MCNSC]

I tried a feather rest for a while. To me it seemed too soft to give the arrow shaft good support. Seemed that more or less down pressure on the shaft could possibly change the position. Also in my experience I can swap between bows with rest and without rest without too much trouble

[M60gunner]

I tried a feather rest. Wasn’t any better than the Pararest (brush) I have been using since 1973. I do modify my brush rests by cutting them so they fit as close as possible to the shelf. I still put felt on the shelf to lessen any noise while loading an arrow. My wife has a flipper style rest on her bow and while the plastic is good on the arm all is quite. But when she shot metal arrows you could hear them drag across the arm. Another suggestion is the Bear Weatherrest. Has a flipper but it’s made from a some kind of rubber. Guys that shoot Bear bows swear by these rests.  Good thing, the Bear and brush rests aren’t that expensive.

[MCNSC]

Agree about the Bear Weather rest, quite but almost industructable

[Joe2Crow]

On thise wide, flat shelves I’ve used feather rests and bear weatherests. I like them both but think the weatherest works a little  better with vanes should you want to use those for wet weather. I don’t seem to have a problem going back and forth from shelf to elevated rest but I don’t gap shoot.