My name on this site will tell loads, "txrookie". I bought my bow because it was the best one the Academy store stocked. My wife had given me a gift card, I used it and layaway to get my Alpine Archery Impact X-treme. I was very pleased to find a nice write up on this bow at "Inside Archery". I didn't find the report until after I had the bow. I am pretty happy with this bow but I think I'll do the research first next time.