I have the mathews vxr 31.5 and absolutely love it. I was in the same boat trying to not like their bows. Shoot bowtechs for years until I lost a good 6x6 bull at 18 yards and only had 8" of penatration. Number of things could have happened but had good blood for 100 so yards. Never found dead bull. Lost confidence in the bow. So made the switch and hammered a 6x6 at 40 yards thru both shoulder blades with the vxr!Still love my old Helium...I'm the hardest won Mathews customer they ever earned...I tried not to like their bows, but I just do...