They will certainly work. I prefer off the shelf, and here's why. It cannot fail.

Years ago I was usng a spring rest and somehow in the pre-dawn walk to my blind the spring got broken/bent unbenkonwn to me. I knocked an arrow in a decent little buck and wounded him in the butt instead of a lung shot at 12 yards. I couldn't believe it, but that spring threw it off that far.

 

Tried and true rest.

 

I use them, preferably the micro adjustable model. If you get one, get a couple different weight springs for tuning.

 

Very nice once you get the right amount of 'bounce'/tension. As above poster says, good to get different spring weights and test. Tried and true for target.

No good for hunting in my opinion. Loud on the draw (though you can sheath the wire with various material) and most of all prone to getting caught and bent when pushing through the thick stuff. High risk for failure. Shelf all the way for hunting.

 

I think 🤔 very few hunt the jungle environments like you Remote 😂, I know I’m don’t, but I can see your point 😉. Shooting off the shelf is about as reliable as it gets 👍.
I have never had a NAP Center Rest Flipper fail in the woods.

 

It only takes one branch to mess with a springy. I remember Viper saying he didn't like them. I don't remember why, or maybe it was a dream?

I went to a ZT rest for ease of tuning. But then I started to worry about brush. Sooo, I covered the wire arm with mole skin. The put a square piece on the button and trimmed off all but one corner. When I'm walking to the stand, I can put the arm under the corner on the button and it stays there until I want to nock an arrow.

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In my searches I seen the comments Viper made on the springy rest which gives me pause, yet I see other respectable shooters love them. I bought a couple to play around with and the arrow seems unstable vertically with recommended spring sizes 🤔. The first thing I noticed was I had to lower my nock point from the position I use on every other rest including off the shelf, but I haven’t played with it much. I am trying to see if it has any benefits over other more common rests.

 

I have a few left over from my wheel bow days that I use on my Warf risers. I repurpose the red tube from WD-40 cans to cover the spring for noise reduction. That plastic tube that used to come with them didn’t last long with me using 2219 aluminum arrows. I tried one of the plunger types but don’t care for it. The older original style works for me. I did have to invest in new springs cause I don’t shoot those logs anymore

 

I had found some Teflon sleeves in my box from my finger shooting compound days when I used a flipper rest and plunger, they always wore well on my flipper rest.

 

They’ve always been more finicky to set up for me vs the NAP Centerest. If I get tired of tuning with springy, then I resort to a Centerest. The NAP gives a more solid base on the shot vs the Springy, and the NAP is pretty quiet from the package.
I can potentially see the Springy being more fragile (more like to snag without the ability to fold out of the way), but I’m not treating my bow as a bulldozer. It’s a tool, but it isn’t heavy equipment. I hunt public land, so I don’t have preset stands or manicured trails either.

In the end, it’s a toss up. Whatever I can tune with the easiest is what I resort too. I’m currently shooting a springy attached to an Accutune, and I just changed to it from a Centerest last week.

 

Do yourself a favor and replace the set screw with a thumb screw. Modify the tip as shown. Tool less...

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