Good price. In my area they run about $625 average. Paid 6 bills for mine through a dealer who I give my business to regularly.

You definitely should get rid of the rubber tubing. Newer Zebra strings have almost zero creep, and you can basically set your peep and forget it unless you place an abnormal amount of torque on the string when you draw. I highly reccomend a Tiger Twist buss cable too (new for 2001,NO creep and no speed loss). I've put a bunch of arrows through my Q2 w/ standard Zebra string and Tiger cable. I mark my cam's timing and I have yet to notice ANY creep (at least measureable to the eye). My peep come back perfect every time.

LimbSavers definitely help to take out the last little bit of recoil in the Q2. W/ LS', a Sorbotek stabilizer, and Sims String Leeches the only thing I hear is the click of the arrow rest returning to it's original position as the arrow clears it and the thum of the arrow in my target.

My 28" cam Q2 set at 76 Lbs w/ a fletcher tru-peep, short loop, and Leeches on the string shoots a 435 grain arrow at 274 FPS.

JeffB