Hot Shot Manufacturing has been building release aids in Logan, Utah for more than three decades, and the Vapor II is the model that talks wrist strap shooters into trying a handheld. It comes in three finger and four finger versions with a reshaped ergonomic handle, an auto closing Cat's Eye hook that catches the D loop with no cocking step, a movable thumb barrel and fully adjustable trigger tension. The point of it is simplicity: no travel screws to fuss over, no rattle at the hook up, a crisp thumb break at a price far below competition thumb buttons.
It suits a bowhunter curious about handhelds who will not spend target release money, and it holds up on a 3D course. Archers with small hands may find even the three finger body chunky, and anyone used to micro tuning trigger travel will miss that adjustment. No wrist strap here, so clip it to a lanyard before climbing into a stand.
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