Wyvern, thanks for the post. Makes alot of sense. This what "is the best" comes up fairly regularly like there is a simple answer. THERE IS NOT!! The uses these bows will be subjected to is a varied as the number of posters here. You "seekers of the secret" need to do your homework, read the posts on the forums, adapt that info to your PERSONAL adaptations and go from there. Easy to say, I know. However, the upside of that is if you get a bow from a known quality mfgr and aren't happy w/ it or want to experiment, the re-sale values make it as painless as possible learning experience. Most of us have done this, to one degree or another.