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From start to finish, I was thoroughly impressed with the new QuickTune 3000 arrow rest from New Archery Products and also with the company itself. In 19 years of purchasing archery equipment I have seldom run into a company that spends as much time and effort striving to meet our needs as does New Archery Products. After talking with Cary Pickands (Technical Support Specialist), I am confidant this tradition will continue well into the future.

To start, I would like to mention a couple highlights of the Quicktune 3000 that stood out all through the testing process. The first highlight is the ruggedness found in this rest. With many other rests that I have experimented with over the years, a good measure of gentleness was needed to ensure nothing was bent or damaged. Not so with the QuickTune 3000! Of all the rests that I have personally owned and tested, the N.A.P 3000 holds the title of “Arrow Rest Ironman”!

The second highlight is simplicity in engineering. This not only enhances the overall ruggedness of the rest, but also makes the rest user-friendly. The simple fact that it takes only one wrench to adjust everything on the 3000 is a big selling point for me. Because this is not the norm for most rests, and other archery accessories, I now have six each of every Allen wrench known to man. Also, every adjustment on the rest is independent of the other adjustments. Combined adjustments have annoyed me as well as many other archers for far too long. How many times have you had one adjustment set perfectly only to lose it because it was combined with another adjustment that still needed tuned? It has happened to me more than once and once is too many.

Now, on to the actual testing. My first test was to determine the relative ease with which the 3000 was installed. To make a short story shorter, I’ll boil it down to two words: “no problem”.

My next quest was to evaluate the “tunability” of the rest. With ruggedness and good engineering qualities already built in, along with a simple three-step set-up process, (see inset), tuning was quick and a cinch. After “eye-balling” the centershot and vertical adjustment, I followed the three steps of the set-up process. Once set-up was complete, I moved to the paper-tune test. With a few minor adjustments, I was shooting bullet holes by the time my sixth arrow left my Darton Maverick. Here I would like to note that all of the adjustments on the 3000 have clear markings so that your position can be referenced and recorded. Because only a few adjustments were needed, I decided to “un-adjust” the rest drastically so the testing would be more complete. I shot another arrow through the paper to confirm the rest was indeed out of tune. A three-inch tear was enough to convince me. I followed the paper-test tuning rules and was back to shooting bullet-holes in eight shots.

Set-up Process

Step #1: Use minimal prong gap. A good rule of thumb is to have ¼ of the arrow diameter below the prongs and ¾ above. This prevents excessive arrow steering/guiding, which can be a tuning nightmare.

Step #2: Use the lowest spring tension allowable. The tension should only be enough to support the arrow in the same “at rest” position repeatedly. Again, this is done to prevent steering/guiding the arrow to a point that is detrimental. Done properly, the rest will only be in contact with the arrow for the first five to six inches and then “fall away”, returning only after the arrow has completely passed.

Step #3: Shoot your arrow through the rest 10-20 times. Determine which prong has been worn the most and then move the rest in the direction of that prong until both wear equally.

Now, let’s count how many shots have been fired through the 3000 so far: fifteen for set-up; six for initial tuning; and eight for the second tuning process. That makes twenty-nine. The next test was to keep shooting, counting every shot, until the metal prongs could be seen through the Quiet-Tuff silences, which come factory installed. Metal could be seen on the 157th shot. This number added with the previous twenty-nine adds up to 186, which is only 14 shots fewer than the designed specs for carbon arrows. N.A.P. knows that their Quiet-Tuff silencer material is not as durable as some other silencers so they include two extra sets with each purchase. Why would they intentionally use a material that is not as durable as the competition’s silencers? Simple – in a survey taken as to which feature was most important in a silencer – durability or quietness, 96 % of the archers polled chose silence. I am a vocal supporter of this 96 %. This proprietary plastic blend was designed with silence in mind.

Thus, my last test: Just how quiet is it anyway? To perform this test, I went straight to the deep woods where even things that you thought were quiet at home can sound like clanging symbols. The silencers did their job and almost eliminated the noise you get when an arrow is dragged across the prongs of a rest. N.A.P.’s Quiet-Tuff is among my personal top two materials for prong silencing. This is a good standing for someone as picky about noise as I am!

All in all, the QuickTune 3000 is an excellent top-end rest. It is sturdy, quiet, and simple to tune. You will get a quality rest from a company that is truly concerned with the archer’s satisfaction when you purchase a Quicktune 3000. A rest like this won’t come cheap, around $60.00 the last I checked. However if you want a performer that will last a very long time the Quicktune 3000 will meet and most likely exceed your expectations.

Design: 4.5 of 5
Outstanding in almost every respect. Yes, I said almost. Why? Because I would like to see a company like N.A.P. who knows what the bowhunter wants, go another step and incorporate a roller-type contact point into this awesome rest. Rollers would eliminate the friction that causes noise in “drag-across” rests. This might be overkill for some hunters but for me it would be a rest made in heaven! Silence is Golden.

Ease of operation: 5 of 5
Again, the “one wrench adjusts everything” feature on the 3000 is a definite plus. Set-up and tuning were simple and took little time.

Durability: 5 0f 5
Without question the Quicktune 3000 is an amazingly sturdy rest. You don’t have to baby it in the least.

Features: 5 of 5
The 3000 is packed full of features that make a difference: Tipple bearing support shaft gives the rest its no-play quality; Independent adjustments; Quiet-Tuff silencers; One wrench adjusts everything; Numerically referenced spring tension adjustments; and unbelievable durability just to mention a few.