Affordable, well designed and constructed. Much more natural feeling to me than a wrist release. Is it as good as a $200 or $300 version? I can't say for you, but for me this is better. Other thumb releases are overly complicated and way too sensitive. This is responsive enough for me without being a hair trigger. If I lost it I also would not be heartbroken at the price. A wise man told me archery is a sport that can be as cheap or as expensive as you make it. I shoot a seven year old Bear Element, use $80 a dozen Beeman carbon arrows, and this release and shoot well enough that my arrows rarely hit anything other than yellow, and I destroy far too many arrows stacking them. For me this release was just what I was looking for.