Tight Spot Quiver?

[Idahobowhunter1]

Hey All,

I'm in the market for a new quiver. I'm sure Tight Spot has been discussed on here before, but I couldn't find it. Any of you guys use one? What are your thoughts? I have of course read all the advertisements etc., which tell me this is the best quiver ever made. But is it really? Are all the claims legit? With it costing much more than most quivers I'm trying to determine if it's worth trying.

Thanks

(I'm a western bow hunter who hunts with quiver on my bow)

 

[Casey Gepford]

I love mine. I tend to lose arrows crawling through brush. But never have with my tight spot. You have the option of tightening the arrows as much as you want. It allows me to tighten a ton compared to others.

 

[Joe Hulburt]

I've been using one for several years and it has never disappointed me. It has a lot of adjustability and as Casey mentioned above you don't lose arrows if you tighten the gripper to the correct snugness.

My buddy just bought a Quiverizer that I thought was pretty interesting. It can be mounted like a traditional quiver or you can mount it pointing forward to act as a long stabilizer. Very spendy and very much in the way while mounted that way but it does steady your bow. I shot with it for a while. If I was in to taking long shots in open country I might lean that way. For my close range brush hunts I'll keep the Tight Spot.

 

[hoshour]

One of our staff members recommended it to me recently.

 

[Team Kabob]

I love my tight spot. She's on her second bow. Mounts are solid and hold more to the center of the bow. A lot of adjustments too



TK

 

[NVBird'n'Big]

I bit the bullet and bought one a few year ago and absolutely love it. I did go from a cheap-o quiver that I had forever to the Tight Spot so I don't have much to compare it to. I did a lot of research before pulling the trigger and in looking over lots of reviews and discussions on archery forums the Tight Spot was by far the favorite of the real hard core archery hunters. As is common advice about high end gear, buy once cry once. I don't think you will regret buying one.

 

[Idahobowhunter1]

I've been using a cheapo octane quiver for a few years now, so I guess it's time to pull the trigger on the new quiver.

I've read one review about the quivilizer, haven't really seen anything else. When I look at it I think it's either an expensive gimmick or one hell of a quiver. I mean at that price point of hope it would be.

If there was more information and reviews to read of look more into it but doesn't seem to be.

 

[Joe Hulburt]

I've been using a cheapo octane quiver for a few years now, so I guess it's time to pull the trigger on the new quiver.

I've read one review about the quivilizer, haven't really seen anything else. When I look at it I think it's either an expensive gimmick or one hell of a quiver. I mean at that price point of hope it would be.

If there was more information and reviews to read of look more into it but doesn't seem to be.

I mounted it on my bow and shot with it for an hour. I'd say it's not a gimmick but it is expensive. The question is if the benefit of the stabilizer is worth the hassle of a really long stabilizer hanging out in front of your bow. I think it has a place on some peoples bows but yeah, it's expensive!

 

[Bughalli]

Expensive, but the best one out there. Up to you on whether the value justifies the price. I've had mine for 4 years and like it. They are well made, but it's not like it makes me shoot better. Other quivers at half the price work just fine too.

 

[theleo91386]

I have a quivalizer on my Perfexion and use a Tight Spot on my Katera XL. They both have their upsides and downsides for me. The Tight Spot allows you to tighten or loosen the grip on each arrow and you can remove arrows without fumbling or tipping your bow. The thing I don't like is having all the weight hanging off the side of my bow when I shoot.

The Quivalizer puts it's weight to use with slowing your pin down. In the wind you do have more pin drift, but for me, the drift is slower instead of the jerking sensation I get with the Tight Spot. The quivalizer is expensive and unless you have a decent amount of disposable income I recommend you find a shop and try it on your bow first. If you hunt in country where you could walk around with your arrow nocked all the time the quivalizer won't be any issue for getting in the way. If you hunt the thick brush of places like northern Idaho, West slope of the Cascades, or the coastal mountains like are in Oregon and Washington it could very well be one of the worst quivers you could buy. It would be pretty pointless to spend all that extra money just to always leave it mounted to you sight like the Tight Spot.

If you buy stabilizers that actually help slow your pin down like a Beestinger or Doinker, once you add a Tight Spot to that, the price is pretty much a wash.

One thing about the quivalizer that I haven't decided is a plus or minus is that if you shoot it like it comes from the factory the arrows are on the left hand side of the bow (I'm a right handed shooter) when it's mounted horizontal. I'm use to just grabbing the next arrow from the other side, but got to thinking about the cons of that. When I grab the arrow from my arrows from the right (like I do on my Tight Spot) I have to bring the arrow across my bow to nock it. This means bringing the broad head between me and the strings. With the arrows on the left you have to cant your bow to get to the arrows with your right hand but you never bring the broad head anywhere your strings. It creates one less opportunity for you to nick or cut your string with the broad head, my archery shop I use is always busiest with making strings in September and it's because of guys cutting their strings.

Both are great quivers but it just depends on the hunter which is the better.

 

[Backyard]

I've been using one for about 4 years now. I love the low profile and the balance. You can also use it for both average size(.250 dia.) and the thinner dia. arrows like the VAP's without changing anything out. Never lost an arrow yet. I use both depending on what I'm hunting and set up for at the time. The mounting is totally adjustable up, down and tilts forward and back depending on how you want it. When I'm elk hunting I leave it on 100% of the time, I wouldn't say its the perfect answer for all you bow vibration needs, I never noticed any more or less. The bows nowadays don't really need much of that anyway. And the company stands behind their product no questions asked. Needed a new rubber arrow mount, called em up they sent it out warranty.

 

[ScottR]

I'm a fan of them, lightweight.


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[colohunter]

I have been using a Octane Deadlock Pro, which to me is a lighter poor man's version of the tight spot. can get it really tight to the bow and in whatever angle you want. The only issue I have with it is it is lighter because it is plastic and although its a sturdy polymer it flexes and vibrates too much. I have been thinking hard about making the switch to a Tightspot. Relevant side question, who is using 3 arrow tightspots and who's using 5? I always have extra arrows back at camp or in the pack if I'm packing in but I have been contemplating going with a 3 arrow to lighten up the bow a tad.