i recently was shopping also looked at the black ice and ross cardiac for about 3 hrs. and could not decide the kid in the pro shop brought me his own mission journey to give a shot. it felt the same if not a little better in hand than both of the others i was looking at. i bought it got it setup in the shop went home added my accesories went back to shoot and put shots 5&6 end for end. all other groups at 30 yrds were touching. the bow is super quiet with what comes on it from the factory. and for only $540 bucks you can't beat that.