I have shot a Parker Ultra Lite 35 for the past 4 years and have had Zero problems with it. I have taken 4 deer with it. The bow is really light (3.2 lbs. bare and rigged with a Cobra Sidewinder sight, 2 piece Parker quiver, S-Coil stabilizer, and WB rest still weighs in at around 4.5 lbs). The bowwas a bit noisy and had a bit of hand shock upon release but the Sims S-coil stabilizer and string leeches helped with that. BTW, I got mine at an archery shop closeout for only $259 (retailed in 2002 for $429)and rigged out still have less than $500 in it. My buddy shoots a Mathews FX which is very similar and IMO thetwo bowsare almost identical in every respect except he paid almost $600 for the bare bow in 2001. I'm not knocking Mathews as they are great bows but please don't knock Parker until you try them just because they are "mail order."