GEEZZz guys, buy the bow for the reasons you have and whine about the strings if you feel the need later! Hoyt,Mathews,Datron, Merlin,Martin, ETC... doesen't come with them so don't worry about it! The O2 strings are supposed to perform as well as WC, BowTech says they will so we'll just have to wait and see. This topic is a very dead horse!