Here is the deal man. You buy a bow based on how you feel about the bow. There are many good bow companys out there. With todays technology is it tough to compare all the little things. However two of the big things that in my humble opinion are important would be how quite the bow is and does the bow have an extreme amount of vibration.. You of course are going to end up shooting your bow a lot to get good, and if your shooting skills are not up to par then you will need all of the help you can get which mean a quite bow... And if everytime you shoot the bow it vibrates your hand the first time you shoot your buddys bow and it has zero vibration you will be a little in the disapointed side..