As far as I am concerned a bow is a bow as long as you are happy and comfortable with it and it works for you, but you are always are going to have the competition out there saying ones better than the other.Personally I really don't care one way or the other. I have had my same bow for over 8 years. I have looked at bowtech and mathews and they both are really nice bows, same with the merlins and parkers, sometimes it just comes down to personal preference or even drawing a name out of a hat!!