try an extra $400. after its completely rigged out you'll end up payin well over $1000 for a new Mathews when you would only pay about $800 for the Parker. Buy the bow for the performance, not the name. Go ahead and get your last word in and we'll call it quits cause this could go on forever and it ain't worth keepin' up with. Parkers are good, Mathews are good, they both kill deer. I prefer Parker b/c I have one, you prefer Mathews b/c you have one, whatever.