The Bear bows of today are no where near what they were a few years ago. They are of MUCH better quality. With my job I can check out a bow for 90 days to use and I chose the Truth 2 and was very impressed.Very smooth draw, nice and quiet,size was good for hunting,but a little small for my 3D tourneys, they come with Winner's Choice strings which are the best in the industry IMO, good speed. The only thing I didnt like was sometimes the string stoppers would not catch the strings,but with a little inginuity they worked fine.I have heard they have changed them a little for '09 but we havent got them in yet so I cant tell you for certain.
Overall, they are great bows and well worth their price, which by the way is much less then other "top-end" bows.Bear is back up to the top where they once were for years with their new line of bows.