yeah you better shoot the top of the line bow from the other manufactures....remember a mathews delear must sell a certain amount of their top bows in order to keep selling them...so the shop will push them more than their other manufactures...other manufactures dont make shops have a quata to sell....mathews are nice but so are the others...try them then buy one...their is not one bow better than the others....make sure the gip is nice and comfertable, it looks pretty to you and shoots smooth to your liking....as far as asserories i go with all limbsavers, rest, sight, stablizer...i have them and love them....check out hoyt, pse, browning, alpine, ross these are all good bows