I'm with JeffB. I've been a diehard Darton shooter since they developed the hybrid in 96. That being said the bow really made to much noise to be able to hunt deer in the west. noise really starts to be an issue when your shots are in the 35 to 40 yard range. Last year I had an opportunity to pick up a used 03 Cybertec and shoot both bows (Maverick vs Cybertec) head to head. In a word no comparison the Cybertec was deadly quiet. I have a couple of blacktails in the freezer because of it. I even had the NV system on the Maverick and it still wasn't close. As Jeff stated Darton's are well built and I never had any problems with them, just needed something that wasn't as noisy.