I have had a patriot, a black knight 2, a mighty mite and an allegiance. My BK2 was difficult to shoot because of the short brace height and useless to hunt with for the same reason. The allegiance was hard to paper tune; it required a wrist position adjustment, but I do love it. My mighty mite is fuuuunnnn to shoot, but was noisy, untill I put an sts on it. The patriot was over 4 lbs, so I wasn't interested in it... until I shot it. It was the best bow I have ever owned, before or since. Smooth, reliable and deadly quiet. I recently sold it to a local kid with the bowhunting fire in his heart. I wanted to get him off on the right track!