I think I completely took this post the wrong way! For some reason I didn't see the "testing" part of the "technical testing" line. Ooops. I suppose you are comparing the reviews we do compared to the high tec reviews you see in magazines or on the net.

Well I like to see both to be honest. I like reading the onese in magazines and on the net, they are interesting and let me get an idea for what the bow may be able to accomplish. However I am just as concerned with what "bubba" thinks of a bow also. As well as people like you and Frank, or the local shop if they can be trusted. You will get a more honest opinion out of that than you may get out of a magazine or something that has to worry about sponsers. If we think something sucks, we don't have a problem saying so.

It also gives someone an idea of how something will perform with the kind of set up they intend on using. I mean that's great if a bow will shoot a certain speed or do a certain thing in an IBO configuration shot out of a machine. I however will never see anything close to that and like to get feed back from people more like me or closer to my size. I am very interested when I see comments and advice from women or smaller people like myself. That is why when I get the chance I will post something about a piece of gear or a bow I might try out or purchase. That is why I did the one on my Mighty Might. I may not know every thing about testing a bow, or how all of the phycics work, but I know what works well and feels good to me. And I would think other people my size would like to know this as well.

I would also like to see of the tests done a little better when comparing bows. IBO tests are not very standerdized it seems (is that a word?). Some will test the bow with a 30 inch cam, or module on it. That doesn't always mean it is really 30 inches draw length though does it. They will test them with nothing on the string, who really shoots like this, c'mon. Others will test the bow at 30 inches of draw using a maching to draw it back to a measured distance. With no regards to where the cam is at that distance or whether it's the optimum timing for that set up. I would like to see them test the bow at a specific draw length using what ever cam or module it took to get it there, then make sure it was timed correctly, and list what it took to get it there and what the results were. How hard is that to do? We do it, right. I personally would rather like to see AMO tests myself, they tend to be more accurate. They just don't look as impressive is all.

Paul