Ah yes the ArcheryTalk hype machine at it again.
There was a picture of a Mathews Outback limb that had done the same thing, quite impressive.
What you must remember is:
• All limbs have failures. The more you stress the limbs the higher the chance of failures.
• Bowtech outsold Hoyt by 10% last year, that's a huge number of bows. Out of 2005 Bowtechs we sold we have had 2 limbs crack. An incredibly small failure rate for what the ArcheryTerrorists are reporting as a huge problem.
• There is ALOT of undercover anti-Bowtech posting on AT. I have seen as many reports of Mathews, Martin and other brands of bows blowing up on there, but there is a crowd pushing that Bowtechs fail more than others.
What about this thread
http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=162521
Now as for eating strings. My guess is that one guy may have had a sharp edge so has made ALOT of noise. I have not even had serving break on my Allegiance and my current set of strings is now 8 months old. I shoot 500-1000 a week through it.
In fact none of my customers have complained about string issues.
On the flip side I have had problems with my Ovation and Switchback eating serving on the bottom cam, and watched a Hoyt chew through a string in 10 shots.
When you hear rumours you must check other sources. One person's bad experiance will be much louder than 9 happy customers.