I'll say it again....shoot what you are comfortable with. No bow is perfect and all brandscan and have failed. Perhaps the reason we read more about Bowtech failures is due to the majority of Bowtech shooters here?? I don't know. Again the jury is still out for me, the one and only Bowtech product I've owned ended up with a cracked limb...but then again so did my Browning....in the same week![&:]

Everyone wants and likes to think what they are shooting is the best. They feel this way because the certain bow they happen to be shooting feels so good to them they can't believe someone else could like another brand. Problem with that thinking is everyone is different and what feels and shoots good for you doesn't for me.

Again, I'm glad your friend is ok and if this incident turns you off on Bowtech then so be it, I don't blame you one bit. Shoot the bow that you trust will get the job done for you and stay in one piece in the process. For me bows are "tools of the trade" and I want one that I can feel like I trust will perform day in and day out......That being said, I always have a backup bow.........you just never know.