![]() When you talk about Trophy Taker products you can’t overlook the fact that these products are developed and tested by extremely dedicated and accomplished hunters, built right here in the US, and backed by an unconditional warranty. The Smackdown Pro features high quality bearings and all-metal construction, but due to its sleek and low-profile design, the Smackdown Pro is also a lightweight addition to your bow. ![]() One of the main reasons that I chose the Smackdown Pro over other full-containment, limb-driven rests is because Trophy Taker has a long history of producing solid, durable, and reliable rests. There are reasons that some choose one limb over the other – such as routing the cord around a quiver, or making sure that the cord isn’t in your sight picture at full draw – but as far as performance is concerned, it doesn’t matter. While we are on the topic of attaching the rest to your limb, I should mention that it makes no functional difference if you decide to attach the cord to the top or bottom limb. Speaking of the rest’s cord, the only complaint that I have with this rest is that the cord stretches quite a bit when it is first installed.īut it is a minor inconvenience since tightening the cord takes just seconds. When using the tie-on method, the cord can then be tightened by using the set screw on the rest’s body, which makes it easy to fine-tune the tension, or even repair the rest in the field, if necessary. The Smackdown Pro comes with a universal limb clasp to attach the rest’s activation cord, but as you can see in the photo above, I simply tied the cord to my lower limb. There’s no “spring” or click noise with the Smackdown Pro I can’t say the same about my QAD. ![]() ![]() The rest’s containment ring is also coated in silent rubber material. The steel launcher is fully wrapped in a fleece-type material, and upon the arrow’s release the launcher falls into built-in rubber dampeners. The rest is silent throughout the draw cycle, thanks to the Smackdown’s internal dual bearings. The Smackdown Pro is, without a doubt, the quietest rest that I have used. Timing a limb-driven rest is as simple as ensuring that the rest’s cord is under tension while the bow is at rest, and that the launcher is completely down. That’s it.Īnother downside to a cable-driven rest is that it loads the bow’s cables with additional torque as the rest’s cord is pulled tight. This torque can affect the bow’s timing, and obviously a limb-driven rest avoids this.įinally, a limb-driven rest supports the arrow longer throughout the shot than a cable-driven rest. This additional support allows the arrow to stabilize during the launch sequence, which translates to a more consistent flight downrange. However, since a limb-driven rest needs tension to fall (not rise), the launcher is always going to fall at the right time, according to the bow’s limb movement. The beauty of a limb-driven rest is that it doesn’t have to be timed! When you setup a cable-driven rest you have to carefully set the timing of the cord’s tension, and thus the timing of the launcher’s rising and falling. In short, cord tension on a limb-driven rest holds the launcher down (while the bow is at rest), whereas tension on a downward-cable driven rest causes the launcher to rise (while the bow is at full draw). On a limb-driven rest the mechanics work in reverse – the rest’s cord is under tension at rest, which holds the launcher down, and as the bow is drawn the rest’s cord becomes slack, allowing the launcher to rise. When the bow is drawn, the downward-traveling cable pulls the rest’s cord tight, which raises the rest’s launcher. The most common drop-away rests are activated by the bow’s downward-traveling buss cable. Before I dive into the review and explain why I chose to use a limb-driven rest, it is important to note that the Smackdown Pro allows for a variety of configurations – including lower limb, upper limb, upward cable, and downward cable driven setups.
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