The thing weights just a gnats hair under 4 pounds. It has built in dampners on each of the split limb parts, on the pockets etc etc. Suppose to be no hand shock. It can be broken down without a bow press. Completely field serviceable they say. The longest model in their line is like 35 1/2 inch Axle to axle. One thing that sounds interesting about this is that each of the 4 limb parts are independantly adjustable. You can use this feature to manipulate cam attitude. I'll be interested in how it shoots too. Will let you know.