Bow Quivers: Reviews & Rankings
Premium on-bow hunting quivers scored on printed street price, arrow count, and ounces.
A $45 house quiver and a $260 Hoyt SuperLite are not the same purchase. Put them on one price board and the house row wins. That is a merge, not a ranking. This page is premium on-bow only. Frozen at $165–$270. We score three printed numbers: the maker starting-at street, arrow count when the PDP prints one, and ounces when the PDP prints ounces. Hip quivers wait. Crossbow hoods wait. House on-bow under $165 waits. SuperLite Stretch at $299.99 waits — it sits over the ceiling. Mount and OEM fit are compatibility. They are not quality. A two-piece is not a worse quiver on paper. A BridgeLock fit is not a better one. Missing capacity and ounces drop. We never add a forum ounce, an Amazon shipping weight, or a dealer arrow count the maker did not print.
How to read this: Premium on-bow freeze. Wave 7 street-price bounds are frozen at $165–$270 — maker PDP base / starting-at (TightSpot black; Nock On Checkmate list, not the $180 LH sale). Camo is not a second SKU. House on-bow under $165, hip/field, and crossbow hoods stay out — scoring them here is the merge tripwire. SuperLite Stretch ($299.99) sits over the $270 ceiling and stays parked. Mount (one-piece / two-piece / fixed) and OEM fit are compatibility, not quality. Unpublished capacity or ounces DROP and the remaining scored weights renormalise. Never add a forum ounce. Do not merge into Quivers, Hip and Field, Crossbows, or Stabilizers. Do not copy compound-bow IBO, let-off, or brace. Do not build a quivers hub.
Bow Quivers CareScore Leaderboard
All 11 products ranked by overall CareScore™. See the full best-of breakdown →
| # | Product | Use | Price | CareScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathews Arrow Web HD 6-Arrow | HD-series 6-arrow detachable | $169.99 | 97 |
| 2 | Mathews LowPro Fixed | BridgeLock 6-arrow fixed | $199.99 | 79 |
| 3 | TightSpot Airlock | Light one-piece hunting | $209.95 | 65 |
| 4 | TightSpot 5-Arrow | Premium 5-arrow one-piece | $189.95 | 64 |
| 5 | TightSpot Rise | Compact one-piece hunting | $199.95 | 56 |
| 6 | Hoyt SuperLite QD 6-Arrow | In-Line 6-arrow QD | $259.99 | 53 |
| 7 | TightSpot Pivot 2.5 | Adjustable two-piece | $239.95 | 48 |
| 8 | Nock On Checkmate | Universal 5-arrow QD | $199.99 | 42 |
| 9 | Hoyt SuperLite 2-Piece 4-Arrow | In-Line 4-arrow two-piece | $259.99 | 37 |
| 10 | Mathews LowPro Detachable | BridgeLock 5-arrow detachable | $249.99 | 31 |
| 11 | TightSpot ShiftLock | Telescoping one-piece | $229.95 | 22 |
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Bow Quiver buying guide
- Why isn't a Trophy Ridge 5-Spot or a TightSpot Airlock dealer-4 on this list?
- The 5-Spot streets at $45. Lite-1 is $80. Hex Light is $100. Convoy is $60. VRSA is $150. All sit under the $165 freeze. Drop one here and the price rank inverts. Arrow Web HD 6 at $169.99 is inside the floor, so it ships — the 4-arrow twin on the same sticker stays in notes. Airlock dealers say 4 arrows — the Black Gold PDP does not print a count, so capacity stays blank. We do not encode a dealer 4.
- Why isn't this just a section under Quivers, Hip and Field, Crossbows, or Stabilizers?
- Hip and field quivers score belt fit and tube count. Crossbow hoods are $50–$85 bolt holders. Stabilizers score bar length and mass on a different scale. A premium on-bow quiver scores street price, printed arrow count, and printed ounces. Folding them together would make a $50 TenPoint hood look like a steal against a $260 Hoyt SuperLite, which tells you nothing useful about either purchase. There is no Quivers hub on this site, and this page is not that hub.
- Why is Mathews weight blank — and why didn't you add a forum ounce?
- Mathews prints no ounce on the LowPro Fixed, LowPro Detachable, or Arrow Web HD PDP. Forum weighs and Amazon shipping weights are not a print. The spec drops and the other weights renormalise. TightSpot Pivot is the other way: the PDP prints 9 oz including hardware, so we encode 9, hardware in. Checkmate prints 13.6 oz including mounting hardware. We never add a forum ounce.
- Hoyt sells 4-arrow and 6-arrow on the same page. Which did you score?
- The SuperLite QD page prints both twins at $259.99 — 4-arrow 7.8 oz, 6-arrow 9.0 oz. We ship the 6-arrow and park the 4 as notes. The SuperLite 2-Piece page prints both at $259.99 — 4-arrow 7.3 oz, 6-arrow 8.2 oz. We ship the 4-arrow and park the 6 as notes. Same sticker, one twin each. SuperLite Stretch is a separate PDP at $299.99 / 6-arrow / 10.6 oz. That sits over the $270 ceiling, so it parks.
- Why is Checkmate $199.99 when the shop shows $180?
- The maker list is $199.99. The live PDP also shows a $180 Left Hand sale. We encode the list, not the sale. Printed: 5 arrows; 13.6 oz including mounting hardware. Universal QD. Fourth brand on this board.
- Is a two-piece better than a one-piece? Is BridgeLock better than universal?
- No on paper. Mount and OEM fit are compatibility. They carry weight 0. A TightSpot Pivot 2.5 and a Hoyt SuperLite 2-Piece are two-piece because that is how they bolt on. A Mathews LowPro Fixed is fixed because that is how it stays on. Arrow Web HD is the older Mathews mount, not BridgeLock. None of that is a quality grade, and we refuse to score mount as quality.
What the CareScore measures
The complete formula, bounds and data rules are published on the methodology page.
Street Price
41% weightMaker PDP base / starting-at, to the penny. TightSpot black. Nock On Checkmate list $199.99 — ignore the $180 LH sale. Camo is not a second SKU. Frozen at $165–$270 so a $45 Trophy Ridge cannot steal the rank, and SuperLite Stretch at $299.99 stays parked. Hoyt 4 and 6 share a sticker — we encode the printed dollar on the twin we ship. Arrow Web HD 4 and 6 share $169.99 — we ship the 6.
Weight
34% weightOunces as printed. TightSpot Pivot is 9 oz including hardware. Checkmate is 13.6 oz including mounting hardware. Mathews prints none, so mass drops. We do not use forum weighs or Amazon shipping weight.
Arrow Capacity
24% weightPrinted arrow count only. TightSpot 5-Arrow is 5 because the H1 says 5-Arrow. Checkmate prints 5 Arrows. Mathews prints Fixed 6-arrow, Detachable 5-arrow, and Arrow Web HD 4 / 6 on one sticker — we ship the 6. Hoyt prints 4 and 6 on the same URL — we encode the twin we ship. Rise, Airlock, ShiftLock, and Pivot stay blank: the maker PDP is silent, and a dealer 4 or 5 is not a print.
Mount
0% weightOne-piece, two-piece, or fixed. Compatibility, not quality. Avatar-only. Weight 0. A two-piece is not a worse quiver on paper.
OEM Fit
0% weightUniversal, Mathews BridgeLock, or Hoyt In-Line. Compatibility, not quality. Avatar-only. Weight 0. A BridgeLock fit is not a better quiver on paper.