I found the funds this year to get a new bow for deer season. So I went shooting, ended up shooting: Reflex Super Slam & Timberwolf, PSE Vengence both cams, Primos STL, Firestorm Lite, AR 31, Hoyt Vtec, Bowtech Allegiance, Defender, Liberty, Old Glory, and Patriot SC, Mathews Switchback, Q2, LX, Outback, and Ovation.

All the bows felt pretty good compared to my older Browning Adreniline. I narrowed the field down pretty quick to the Swickback, Outback, and the Allegience.

I narrowed it further after bringing in my stablizer and arrows to shoot with, down to the Switchback and the Allegience. The Two bows were at different shops. I asked the Bowtech dealer if I could buy te Allegience and bring it to the other shop to shoot head to head with the Switchback and they said no way you buy it you keep it. I still could not determine which was perfect for me unless I shot them together. I then called the Mathews dealer and he just gave me the bow and said you will be back (no out of pocket cost). I went to the Bowtech dealer with the Switchback and asked to shoot them head to head. They let me and I ended up picking the Switchback.

Reasons why for me:
TheAllegience grip felt better but the Switchback felt more balanced
The Allegience with the hush kit was slightly noisier and with very slight (Once again very slight) bit of vibration at shot , the Switchback there was nothing, no noise and no vibration.
You could tell the Allegience was faster, but I felt they both shot faster then my older bow that has killed many deer.
The Draw cycle on both was superb, with the nod going just slightly to the Allegience.
The Switchback just fit my style better, and very smooth thru the entire shot.

I went into this really wanting a Bowtech, since my buddy shoots one and have heard a great deal positive about them. I even feel that this forum made me very pro Bowtech without even shooting them. It just comes down to shooting all different kinds of bows from a variety of shops and finding out what fits your style better. It took me about 3 weeks of shooting 18 bows to get to this point since it is a great deal of money for me. I decided to buy the switchback, which I pick up next week from the shop.

Just thought I would share.