I’m sure it’s because I was able to slide the quiver straight back toward me. I held even steadier with it on than I did with it off. I was rock steady with the RL-1 on my bow with 4 arrows in the quiver. But what I didn’t expect was how well it allowed me to hold the bow. It was whisper quiet, which is important. The features of this quiver are all great, but it vaulted to the top of my list when I put it on my Mathews V3X 33 and shot with it attached. Reilly The Redline RL-1 can sit parallel to the cables and string allowing for a steady hold. If you want to take the quiver off when you’re up in the tree stand, there’s a simple, metal lever that you raise about 3 inches and then you slide the quiver straight back. Reilly The Redline RL-1 features a simple, secure, and quite removal system. As I mentioned, big two-blade fixed heads won’t sit as neatly, but they’ll still be secured. The RL-1 has great rubber broadhead seats inside the hood that work well with any expandables and with three-blade, fixed heads. The Redline RL-1 features protective rubber broadhead seats.

With arrow shafts secured in grippers in the lower third and at the tip, they feel more secure than when you’re using a shorter quiver that grips them in the upper half of the shafts. The long design is a fairly new trend in quivers. The Redline RL-1 secures arrows with a gripper in the lower third. This quiver isn’t cheap, but it’s not over-the-top expensive either. This quiver is a great example of the Redline goal, which is to produce quality gear at a fair price. Redline is a new player in the compound accessory market, but the people behind the company have tons of experience. There’s an identical, 3-arrow version that weighs 6.5 ounces if you want to cut even more weight. The Redline RL-1 Carbon Quiver is a six-arrow quiver measuring 20 inches long, but only weighing 9.7 ounces, thanks to all the carbon in its construction. The dedicated seats for broadheads are great for expandables and three-blade fixed broadheads, but they’re not ideal for broadheads with two large blades.Long design is great for securing arrows to the bow.Rubber arrow gripper holds shafts securely.No rattling when you carry your bow or when shooting.You can slide the quiver forward or back to get it balanced on the bow.Can be adjusted so quiver top stays below top limb and arrows don’t extend beyond bottom limb.Deep, protective hood with rubber lining and dedicated broadhead seats.20 inches long, yet only weighs 9.7 ounces.It balances the bow wonderfully for shooting with it attached.

Mathews and Hoyt: Mathews Arrow Web HD, Hoyt Carbon Superlite Stretchīest Overall: Redline RL-1 Carbon Quiver 6-Arrow.Best Fixed: TightSpot Pivot 2.5 2-piece.Best Overall: Redline RL-1 Carbon Quiver 6-Arrow.For the bow-mounted models, I mounted them on my bows to study their profiles and effect on balance, and I took shots to listen for any noise caused by vibrating parts-the coal-mine canary of bad bow quivers.Ĭombining that knowledge and testing, I came up with the following picks for best hunting quivers in the following categories: I put arrows in the grippers and broadheads in the hoods to see how they hold. But in trying to find the best hunting quivers for this article, I took some extra steps to test nearly two dozen quivers. I get the chance to see, touch, and feel all of these quivers as they arrive in inventory, so I know them all pretty well. Lancaster Archery Supply carries just about every hunting quiver on the market-certainly all the major players in the game. So what do you want in a quiver? You want one that holds your arrows firmly in place, protects you from your broadheads, stays quiet, doesn’t stick out awkwardly, and, of course, looks cool. They don’t always pay attention to the working parts of the quiver that earn its keep when the heat is on. That’s all it does.Īnd often times, bowhunters simply look for the cheapest quiver they can find, or one that best matches their bow to complete a killer look. The job of the quiver is pretty simple: carry arrows. The arrow quiver is one of those pieces of gear that bowhunters generally don’t think about too much.

Fixed compound bow quiver