Purchased this for my 12 year old daughter. She became interested in Archery after having gone to a weekend camping trip with her school. Of all available activities she discovered Archery was her favorite. So, for Christmas this is what Santa brought for her.
Overall this is a nice archery set. It comes with everything you need to get started. The build quality of the bow seems to be very good. I don't have any experience with this sort of thing but you can tell cheap from quality and the Barnett set is nice. Needless to say my daughter loved it and couldn't wait to get out and show off her new skills.
She knew exactly what to do and actually hit the target (2 included with the set) at what I considered long distance for a beginner. Very good. The only downside I see to this has to do with the 2 plastic arrows that come with the set. The metal tips are pressed on and seem to be cheaply made. She kept popping the metal tips off the arrows and finally completely lost one of them.
If you get this definitely consider getting the additional arrow set. You'll need to replace arrows on a regular basis from what I've seen so far.