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What you have stated is exactly why the industry is striving for a fully " maintenence free" bow. Most everyone would love a bow that you can just " set and forget" , or pull from the box and shoot a bullet hole. We are just about there now, if it were not for the slipping of the knots on factory strings and cables on some of these designs, we would be even closer.

A Twin cam is infinitely tunable, and in the hands of Pros will perform extremely well in all circumstances provided it is kept at exacting specs. As you have stated, this is more of a pain and issue to the average archer who doesn' t have time to be running back to the shop every few days and/or it is 150 miles away, nor do they have the desire to do so. (They just want to shoot, like most of us)

So due to this the solocam was invented. But along with it came even worse string stretch and a multitude of other quirky problems, and the nock travel on the first of these was simply terrible-- that is why they developed mechanical broadheads in an attempt to mask the horrible shooting and tuning issues. They have admitedly gotten better over the years, but they simply do not have enough room within the system to develop it that much further without changing the overall design.

So---

Now we come to the hybrids---easier tuning, smooth, rock-solid walls, super-accurate and forgiving of arrow spine, really they are simply the next step forward in the natural progression of compound evolution IMHO. Most of the newest ones are basically set them and forget them, (with the exception of one that is basically like a pure twin cam) most offer S&LNT, are very forgiving, etc,etc. This is why the industry is now scrambling all over these systems, and many archers are figuring out that " hey, these things are pretty nice!" (myself included!) Yes, it did take awhile for us all to come around....

It is simply a natural progression. As stated, I am very excited to see what the future development of these systems will bring, simply because there is so much more room within the basic design to work. To date we have seen THREE different basic concepts, one of which has been upgraded around 7 times, two of which are brand new and one of those being uprgraded already to a system that IMHO offers " it all" to the general public. My scores have risen by an average of 10 points per game with increased X, 11, and 12 count since I switched from one of the best pure twin cam systems on the market to the newest hybrid, and that only tells me that this system is more forgiving and accurate overall. (for whatever reason) I am now a convert, and I' m telling you that anyone who knows me knows that I am a true twin cam fan and have been for many years. BUT--- Evolution continues, and it certainly has opened my eyes this time around. JMHO, Pinwheel 12