- Back quivers are quieter, in my experience, because they don't bang against your leg when you walk or run. Hip quivers do this, at least the ones that hang at an angle from a single suspension point on the belt, and it's annoying.
- There's some controversy about this, but I've found that it's reasonably easy to get through brush with a back quiver, you just have to turn sideways so that the fletching travels right behind your head.
- A back quiver can let you reload faster than a side/hip quiver. Granted, it takes some practice before your hand learns where to go to grab the arrow from a back quiver, since you can't see what you're doing. But once you get that down, your hand doesn't have to go nearly as far, since it's already somewhere near your shoulder after your release.
- They just plain look cooler.
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Cons:
- It's less stealthy to grab an arrow from a back quiver than from a side quiver. But if I were wearing a back quiver and needing to be stealthy, I'd have one arrow already nocked, and maybe one more held in my bow hand. After that, chances are my cover would be blown anyway. Laying in ambush, or hunting from a blind (which is the same thing), I'd stick my arrows in the ground or otherwise have them out and ready for quick, stealthy access.
- They can and will mess with your cloak. Everyone seems to figure out their own way of dealing with this problem.