I bought a Switchback XT last spring and bought the 1st bow case you have pictured. I paid $99.95 for the case which I thought was pretty steep.....but I was buying the bow and trimmings with blackjack winnings. Many thanks to the Mescalero Apaches.

The archery shop said this was a "semi-hard" case. A word of caution.....I had a habit of bringing my bow in from practicing (in the case) and leaning it against the wall in the den which has a hard floor. One morning I was in the next room on the computer and heard a rather loud noise like something hitting the floor with a splat. It's not unusual for our dogs to roam around and occasionaly get into something so I wasn't too worried about it. Later I got up to get coffee and found the case flat on the floor....and then knew what that noise was. I didn't think much about it and kinda forgot about it. The next day I went out to practice and was alarmed when all of my arrows were consistently hitting 8 inches to the right of the bullseye! I couldn't believe it because it had been right on for weeks. Then I remebered finding it after it fell over and smacked the floor. I have a Tru-Glo site and it was mounted well and adjustment screws were as tight as was feasible....but it obviously got knocked off.

I learned a valuable lesson and was glad this happened in the off season and not on the way to opening day!! To sum it up, I like the case but I'll be careful with it.