This whole issue really is personal preference. It covers everything about archery...bows, rests, sights, stabilizers, arrows, broad heads and quivers plus all the other equipment like releases, peeps, string loops .... on and on. There are lots of people who buy really low end equipment because it matches their needs and budgets. To compare one brand or design as better is purely subjective. My first compound bow in the "early years" was a bear whitetail with cheap mismatched aluminum arrows and I killed a few deer with it. My last bow is several steps higher on the technological scale and the deer aren't any deader. Admittedly I shoot better with higher grade equipment but where does it end? At some point most people are satisfied with what they have and aren't re-equipping every year or two chasing the latest and greatest which in part is just sales tactics. A 20 yd shot is still a 20 yd shot regardless of the bow I am using.