What's your definition of breaking the bank is the first question. I went to drop away rests several years ago and have been completely satisfied with the performance of them. BUT I have been into archery for over 60 years and into compound around 25 years and drop aways can be a bit difficult to tune for the beginner. You have to get the right combination of arrow stabilization (arrow on rest long enough) yet dropping away in time for fletch clearance. If you go to a quality archery shop and have them install and tune your rig then you would probably be more than happy. If doing it yourself, being new to archery, you may be taking on a bit of a headache as they are a bit of a bear sometimes to tune in perfectly. In my opinion though, they are a step above all other rests and worth the extra effort to get them perfectly in tune.