Trophy Ridge Revolution Arrow rest: a mini review

[DoubleJ]

Got mine yesterday.  Put it on this morning...  OMG, this thing is great!  Easy to mount and set up.  I used a clamp rather than serving it in, for now anyways.

Don't waste your money on the micro one, plenty easy to make fine adjustments without the micro feature.  Cabaelas has these on sale for $49.99 with free shipping right now.

Didn't think I could be the only one who liked it

[carpsniperg2]

Good deal

[lokidog]

I have the same one, I love it, te only problem is that if you put your arrow in and you're not carefull it can fall over to the side of the rest and get stuck whent you draw. yyou have to let off and re set your arrow. Never had a problem with it in the field last year just in target practice.
I love this rest, and the price is good

I ain't the smartest man in the world but, I don't see how this is even possible.

when you set the arrow down and begin to draw back the whole rest starts turn to lock the arrow in, at this point the arrow can move over to the right (i'm right handed) and get caught in the rest while its turning. you can combat this by making a groove out to moleskin to help keep the arrow steady. trust me its a problem, but its a very small problem and does not make me want to change.

That is you problem right there. You are supposed to lock the rest into shooting postion before you draw back. Drop your arrow in and lock the rest into the fire postion with the jaws closed before you even try to draw back. That is the way the rest was made to shoot. If you are trying to drop the arrow on the shelf then draw and catch the arrow you will have problems.

I put the little arrow saddle on my riser and the rest was able to function properly either preset or from a down position.  The only problem I had was that I put the saddle on before I had adjusted the side to side so it doesn't quite line up with the low spot in the rest.  It still works though.  I like that you can cock it with either hand.

One other thing is that if you have a bow where the string is closer to the riser than my Invasion, you might have fletch interference.  With 3" vanes my vane comes to the back edge of the rear piece.  With 4" the vane goes under the rear capture piece but does not seem to cause a problem.

[carpsniperg2]

Yeah on the shorter brace heights I was wondering if there would be any issues with the fletching before drawing. I will play with mine once I get it setup. Thanks for the info and the thoughts. I will be sure to pass the findings along to the tech guys.

[lokidog]

Another thing I just thought about.  Some video I saw it looked like the back part was bent to the side as the guy had some problem.  When first trying mine, it looked like the back was bent sideways as well and did not center on the arrow.  As I adjusted it to hit the same impact point as my previous one, I realized that it looked bent to the side because the arrow was crossing it at an angle.  So a secondary benefit of the double prong is that it might  make it easier to center tune it (horizontally).  If the arrow is not centered in the rear piece, the sight will need to be moved one way or the other.  this should get it pretty darn close to true center.  I have not had a chance to paper tune but it will be interesting to see what it looks like when I do.  As of now, my old cabelas arrows and my new easton Epics, impact almost the same spot.

The felt seemed decent to me.  I will be saving the backing from the felt I used to make some moleskin ones though.

[DoubleJ]

Yeah on the shorter brace heights I was wondering if there would be any issues with the fletching before drawing. I will play with mine once I get it setup. Thanks for the info and the thoughts. I will be sure to pass the findings along to the tech guys.

If they have any demo's on the next design run, I'd be happy to test them

[carpsniperg2]

Thanks lokidog.

Doublej I think this is there 2nd runs that they are selling. They put some out early for people to test in the field, like with most products. There was some changes and they tweaked a few things and then released the rests we are shooting today. I will keep you in mind if I have anything spare to test out

[DoubleJ]

I'll test ANYTHING!!!  I'm cool like that 

[carpsniperg2]

I will let you test anything extra I have, BUT!!! not broadheads!!!! BBBBBBBUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN!!!
SORRY had to do it


http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=94466.0

[DoubleJ]

I will let you test anything extra I have, BUT!!! not broadheads!!!! BBBBBBBUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRNNNNNNN!!!
SORRY had to do it


http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=94466.0

Why not?  I think I'd be the best person you could have to testify to the cutting ability of a broadhead

[carpsniperg2]

  Now if that had been a aerohead it would have been a lot worse

[lokidog]

So, I've been shooting the Revolution a bit now.  Still like it but noticed today that one of my fletches was breazing across the inside edge of the rest once in a while.  I did not have a problem with the 3" fusions I was using, but I tried some 4" vanes that are just a tiny bit taller.  After turning my fletches just so, I got it so they do not hit and fly much more consistently.  Blazers might be even more trouble with this as I think they are taller than the 4"s?

[carpsniperg2]

They are a little bit higher profile for sure. I have shot 3 different fletch patterns threw mine so far and have not had any contact. What is your draw length and do you have that sucker really tight when at full draw. My hunting arrows are all 4 fletch blazer style vanes. I have shot 3 fletch with cock vane out and cock vane up and did not see any marks or notice anything.

[lokidog]

I shoot a 29 1/2 inch arrow.  I've been shooting cock up but have rotated it so cock fletch is more out now.  The only other change is that the string got served in, so I was going to loosen the screw on the rest, draw, let down, and then pull 1/4 inch like the instructions said.  Maybe the timing is off a bit on the release?

[carpsniperg2]

I shoot a 29 1/2 inch arrow.  I've been shooting cock up but have rotated it so cock fletch is more out now.  The only other change is that the string got served in, so I was going to loosen the screw on the rest, draw, let down, and then pull 1/4 inch like the instructions said.  Maybe the timing is off a bit on the release?

I think that would be a great idea. I think the timing might be off a little. I had to get mine cranked down a little bit more then I even thought to really get ti to snap out of the way quick. I had it running a little slow at first but got it fixed by pulling a little more string threw. I would also stick with cock vane out. it will give it even more clearance that way.