I have two bows. One is an 2003 Oneida Black Eagle ESC and the other is 2005 Darton Avalanche Extreme. I was at the local shop yesterday talking to a guy who owned a mathews and we were talking about another shop he had been in and how they had a bunch of used ones for sale at good prices. He told me I should try his LX since they had some of those for sale so I picked it up, sat at 20 yards and actually hit the X ring with it (I almost never shoot that good with my first shot out of a "new" bow). I actually really liked the bow, it was quiet, fast and even with its low brace height it was easy to shoot. So he started in on how I should sell my Darton and get that bow instead or buy another bow because I can always use the Darton or Oneida as a backup. Well I walked over to my bow, picked it up and took the three arrows and hit three little dots with it that were on the wall. I was shooting very well that day. I than turn to him and he laughs and says I should never sell that bow.

What I am trying to say here is, shoot what fits you. Yeah, the Darton is a little louder than the Mathews. Yeah, it might not be as fast and it might even pull harder than a Switchback (everything pulls harder than a BE so my whole what feels good is out of whack right now) but it is a real nice bow. If you can grab a Vapor from darton and it shoots good for you than that is what you should shoot. All of these bows are going to shoot better than the average person can shoot them. I would personal spend less money on the bow and more money on the time to practice as much as you can be it 3-D shoots, leagues or whatever. This is where you are going to get your moneys worth. Darton Magnum or Mavrick or Typhoon or whatever bow you buy is going to be a better bow than anything around from 8 years ago and those bows killed plenty of deer/turkeys/elk. The component that will have a lot more impact is you. You might be a crack shot for all I know but most of us can still do with a lot of practice. I know I need tons more because somedays I shoot well and others... Well, good enough but not as well as I would like.