Dylan,

As I get older the too many moving parts thing is less convincing than it used to be. The crap we used to have to put up with 20 years ago that just fell apart no matter how careful you were, is no longer a problem. Bows are only one thing, think of cars, they go forever these days, and they don't even need the first tune-up for several years. In any case the ZE may not have more moving parts than some of the golden key rests, there are a lot of little springs, nobs, and set screws in those things, and my Plt. Premier has never missed a beat.

The biggest problem I see with the ZE is weight, it is a significant chuck, and it is all in the wrong place.

The advantages are in the drop away concept that I think is going to get more play in the years to come, since it makes tuning easier, and costs more, that's a win-win for the retailer/newbie crowd.

The other advantage to drop away is that it that it makes it easy to shoot big feathers, and broadheads with carbon arrows, at huge speeds. That matters, its pretty much the whole reason that we have mechanicals at all.

The other big ZE advantage is just the way the set-up works out for hunters, not having to ballance the arrow on some little thing, or even have to think about it is a big plus.

Another neat feature that may or may not matter is that the drop away of the ZE is tailored to the forward motion of the arrow, this may have advantges over designs that are just on some inertial timetable seperate from what is happening to the arrow.

I would certainly prefer a less chunky rest, however if they can come up with it.

Remember the value of this design isn't tied to whether you can afford it or need it, if you have a cool set-up, that works for you that's fine, but it is an overly subjective criterion for judging the excelence of a product. But I agree there are lots of ways of getting good results.