If you go with a Horton your one line you said sums it up, you get what you pay for. I think Horton has been sucked into the make em cheap wal-mart circus game and some of there lower ends bows in my opinion are not "high" quality CB's. If you get a Horton you need to get one with a machined aluminum barrel on it. It seems like the ones with the composite barrelsare the ones that seem to have the problems. I have the supermax 175 and it is a fine shooting bow. The trigger is nice and light not sure what it is but it is night and day compared to another wheeled bow I once shot. But like green pea said it is heavy. If you are like me and want to be mister independence then you need an Excal since you can unstring them with out a press. You will gain a little width but you gain alot of independence from a dealer. Good luck!