I've had great luck with both. The Ripcord Code Red had less plastic parts than the QAD. Not that I ever had anything break on QAD. The advantage of the QAD was that it would stay up on letdown where as the code red would not. My understanding is that the new Rip Cords (not sure the model) now have the let down feature also.
Having said all that I switched to a Hamskea hunter hybrid pro for this year. It can be activated by either limb or the downward cable. So far it has been great.
I have both, QAD HDX and the Ripcord Ace and I prefer the ripcord. I prefer the build of the launcher arm. I also prefer the location of the thumb cock
I am one of the few people that have had a failure with QAD. Probably 3 years ago mine failed to drop. It was like something partly bound it up. I could mess with it and it would fall, but even then it was slow. Called QAD, sent it back and a week or so later I received another one. That one lasted 8 shots. Exactly 8 shots later it froze. I ordered a code red that day. QAD was sent me a replacement a couple weeks later and I sold it.
The first QAD to fail was several years old and any moving part eventually fails, I can live with that. I am not sure if the second was a refurbished unit or a brand new one. Either way that ended it for me.
I am one of the few people that have had a failure with QAD. Probably 3 years ago mine failed to drop. It was like something partly bound it up. I could mess with it and it would fall, but even then it was slow. Called QAD, sent it back and a week or so later I received another one. That one lasted 8 shots. Exactly 8 shots later it froze. I ordered a code red that day. QAD was sent me a replacement a couple weeks later and I sold it.
The first QAD to fail was several years old and any moving part eventually fails, I can live with that. I am not sure if the second was a refurbished unit or a brand new one. Either way that ended it for me.
What are the chances you could have had it tied in incorrectly?
Got the QAD put on earlier and really like it. Now to get new arras. Prolly gonna try something other than fmj. Want some thing flying flatter
Cool, have fun with it. You may want to consider the penetration you'll give up to gain the speed. I have a fellow Hunter in our group that shoots FMJs and they lay the smack down on the elk. In reality I guess anything in the right spot kills up to a certain distance
Got the QAD put on earlier and really like it. Now to get new arras. Prolly gonna try something other than fmj. Want some thing flying flatter
Cool, have fun with it. You may want to consider the penetration you'll give up to gain the speed. I have a fellow Hunter in our group that shoots FMJs and they lay the smack down on the elk. In reality I guess anything in the right spot kills up to a certain distance
I'm not gonna go too light. Current fmj inshoot is 11.3 gpi. May try something closer to 9 gpi