I read some reviews on them, most seemed to think it is a good crossbow for a starter bow. I hope it is, I bought one myself. $250.00 was just too good to pass up. One thing that sucked to me was the instructions on putting it together. It takes about 30 seconds if done right, but the instruction book just isn't that clear to me. I looked up how to assemble it on youtube and a guy had about a 35 second video showing how, and it's really simple. I can't really describe how to myself.