I used to work at the archery house in chehalis and believe me, hated the valley in the outback.. even though I owned one I was ready for a new bow the day I shot it! haha And the switchback was a huge improvement and then to the XT which was to me an in-between of the two... The the drenalin... well I liked it for the first 400 shots or so until I blew up the limbs! haha Been a mathews guy for 5 or 6 years now and have a switchback as my back up bow now.. love em' to death!