Bow Tech holds a lot of intrigue for me. I really would like to shoot the Patriot and get a feel for their vertical force technology.

That said, I have shot a couple of bows out of the Bow Tech line at last years AMO show and have found them to give a lot more hand shock than the Mathews Q2XL. For some reason I am probably more sensitive to hand shock than most people. I also didn't find them overly quiet but again that is just my opinion.