I was at a IES sportsmans exposhow in Sacramento Cal. a week and a half ago for a elk calling contest. Anyway when walking around and checking it out, there were two archery pro shop venders side by side that had a small shooting range set up in between for both of them to use. I don't remember the names of the shops but between the two of them they had several different manufactures of bows. I know I saw PSE, Martin, Fred Bear, Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech and a few others. I asked if I could shoot the HOYT TRYCON, MATHEWS XT, andBOWTECH TRIBUTE each severl times, they were more than happyto fullfillmy request. I am left handed and have a 30" to 31" DL depending on D loop and release, so I am at a bit of dissadvantage, but I can still shoot right handed good enought to get the overall feel of a bow. Just don't ask me to shoot groups lol. I was overall surprised at how well all of them felt. Yes I did feel that one was the best and I'll get to that but first I want to sayfor anyone to put down or bag on any of these bows is just being ignorant, biased, and it makes me wonder if they are just full of hot air, with all talk and no walk. Back to my personal results, after shooting them all several times,I liked the TRYCON the lest only because I don't like the handle with the wrap around part, it just felt uncomfortable to me. Out of the three I felt the most vibration in the TRYCON, butthe TRYCON was set up with a DL of 27.5" with a D loop. Both of theother bows, theXT and Tributewere available in 30" DL with a D loop sothe TRYCOndidn'tfit me as far as draw length is concerned and maybe that is why I felt more vibration. I should add for what is worth, that my wife shot all three as welland she did like theTRICON the best between the three. Moving on to second place, I admit it was hard to choose between these two bows. Both theXT and the TRIBUTE felt dead in my hand and felt very very smooth, no vibrations at all, for me the decision is personal and comes down to the overall feel. I doknow that the TRIBUTE is a bit faster, but I am not worried about speed. I don't like shoot a huntingtipped arrow over 270 f/s and both of these bows fill that requirement.I am a big guy 6'3" and against popular opinion I like a bigger grip myself. I knowa lot ofguys like a slim narrow grip like that of a Bowtech or Hoyt and don't like the fatter grip of the Mathews, but that is what I like. So because of this reasoning I put the TRIBUTE in second place and the Switchback in the number one position. For the record if someone else wants to say that the TRIBUTE or TRYCON is the very best they will get no objection from me. I am putting myself out on a limb but I do feel that these three bows are the best of the best of what is out on the market today and to own any of thembrings a smile to the faceof the owner. If you own any of the above bows I say a big congrats on owning such a fine piece of hunting equipment.