I love my HavocTec, it's quiet lightweight, shoots great too. I paid $580 for it. I shoot league twice a week for 10 weeks = 20 days, I hunt about 30 days each archery season plus all the days I shoot in the summer in the back yard and 3D not to mention the handful of days I turkey hunt. I figure I must have my bow in my hand a minimum of 100 days each year. At $5.80 a day just for the first year, doesn't seem like that much. For a hobby that I enjoy all year round, I am not complaining.