I think atlasman is right on the mark. I love my Q2XL and have been very successful with it and haven't had any problems with it. I almost told my wife I was going to shoot the switchback to see how it feels, which means "honey, I'm going to buy a switchback". I rethought about how if I got a new bow it would be to more or less just have a new bow not a necessity, but it would have been nice. I told myself that I would give this bow one maybe two more years and then go "shoot to see how they feel" = I'll get a new bow.