I wonder if poeple are just trying to get something started by saying this about bowtech.i just bought a new defender and owned a patriot with no problems.I talked to a guy I know who is a bowtech dealer and he said he has never had any come back!! he said there limbs are made by the same manufacture as mathews and many others.he said sure if you dry fire it a couple times any bow will crack the limbs.and if you are trying to use to light of an arrow and have been shooting it that way 1,000 times.you know trying to shoot 350 feet a second.just my thought.