Compound Bow Reviews

The Bottom Line:The Bear Legit Maxx delivers practical upgrades over its predecessor at a $499 launch MSRP and serves as the budget RTH option in Bear's adjustable lineup, carried over from 2025 into 2026 without spec changes. The addition of Integrate Mounting System rest mounting and a Picatinny sight rail brings... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Diamond Pro MAX is the fit-everyone bow of the value hunting category, the one that solves the problem of a single adjustable bow serving very different shooters without compromise. At a $649 launch price it sits above the online grow-bows, and what that money buys is the grown-up hardware the cheaper... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Diamond Pro 305 is the grow-with-you bow of the value hunting category, the pro-shop version of Diamond's long-running 305 platform with the hardware upgraded where it counts. At a $549 launch price it sits above the online grow-bows, and what that money buys is a machined-aluminum riser, aluminum... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Edge Max is the retail-price way into Diamond's grown-up adjustable platform - the same caged aluminum riser and Synchronized Binary Cam that the Pro-Shop-Exclusive Pro MAX carries, on a 31-inch frame with a forgiving 7.125-inch brace, for a $519 launch price instead of the Pro MAX's $649. Its 16-to-31-inch... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Diamond Edge XT is the compact, easy-drawing entry point to Diamond's caged-riser Edge family, and it solves one problem better than anything near its $449 launch price: getting a smaller-framed or beginning shooter comfortable and grouping. Its 19-to-31-inch draw and 20-to-70-pound range adjust... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Bear Cruzer G4 is the compact redesign of a bow that has been a household name in the adjustable entry category for a decade, launched at a $449.99 MSRP for 2025 and currently $479.99 for 2026. The story is geometry: a 29 inch axle-to-axle and a 6.25 inch brace height replace the 30 inch, 6.5 inch... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Bear Epic is not a bow you buy for numbers - Bear never published most of them, and the ones that mattered belonged to a different era. It is a bow you appreciate for a specific character: a long, forgiving single-cam platform from 1999 and 2000, built for stability rather than speed or compactness,... read full review

The Bottom Line:The Bear Alaskan Pro is the most refined bow in the Alaskan line and, at a $659.99 launch price, a lot of premium feel for the money. Its EKO2 cam brings a genuine 80-or-85-percent let-off choice to a value bow, its Bear Paw rubber grip is pulled from Bear's flagship hunters, and its 33-inch reflex riser... read full review