hch, I understand now what you are saying, not sure I agree, but I sure do respect your point of view. I myself own a 05 Switchback, and a 06 switchback xt. I am not going to get another hunting bow this year, as I feel that my money will be spent on better things. I do work in a Mathews shop part time and have spent quite a bit of time now with the drenalin. I know that its a smooth shooting bow. As well as my SB and SBXt, being a big guy 6'3 with big hands I have always liked the fatter grip of the Mathews. On the other hand I hate the feel of the hoyt bows, and I think that they do have a lot of hand shock compared to other bows. I know of a lot of shooters who have the drenalin on order with there hard earned money and they have shot all the different brand of bows.So I guessthe point I am trying to make is that it doesn't matter what you or I or anyone else thinks or feels when we aretesting a bow for ourself. What bow I like because of the feel someone else with surely hate and will think it has hand shock.Most of us will have different results of our own tests to make us happy with the bow we have choosen to buy. Sure a few will be surprized and will change their mindbut the fact of the matter is most of the top of the line bows out there today have few flaws, and there is not a best of the best winner. Its all personal choice. On one last note, I feel that an archer who isn't buying a bow doesn't carry a predjudice toward or against any particular bow. They just want to shoot to get the feel. This being said, I feel their reviews can be very fair.