If you have personally had success with a bow or a certain piece of gear, that is great. However, just because something worked for you does not make your success or your willingness to accept a lower degree of performance and satisfaction a universal one-size-fits-all.

It is quite simple. If you are satisfied with the performance of certain gear, then ignore it when something you like is not liked by others or is picked apart by someone. There may be others that want to hear all the opinions they can before they make a choice. Not everyone bites on just the hype.

As for the age-old and tiring defense that someone must have personally used or tested something to evaluate a design and its intended and claimed performance, the defense and belief is ludicrous. However, such a weak defense is understandable if the person does not have the necessary experience to evaluate and compare beyond the embellishments.

I take the "Holy Cow....have you not beat this to death..." to mean, "Why don't you shut up and let others hear just my opinion, and the opinions of others that agree with me and think like I do?"

NorthernMn:

Go back an grab the quote that refers to your paraphrase, "As I recall you are qualified to talk about them because "I know something about archery!" When you copy it in its actual context, what I said is not as you insuate.