Same number, different shot
When two bows advertise the same speed, everything interesting is in how they get there and what the shot feels like. The Lethal 405HD is quiet for its price bracket and well balanced in the hand. The Dagger 405 reaches the same figure with a 220 lb draw weight and more mass in the bow, and is unremarkable rather than quiet at the shot.
Balance sounds like a soft quality and is not. A bow that sits well in the hand is a bow you can hold on target longer without wobbling, which is exactly what you are doing while an animal decides whether to step clear.
What the Dagger gives up for the price
The bundled arrows, first and foremost - they are the part of the package to replace before you trust the bow. And weight: it is heavier than its rivals, which you notice carrying it in and holding it up.
In exchange it is the cheapest complete setup in our top five, includes a quiver where the Lethal does not, and has an adjustable stock.
What the Lethal asks of you
An afternoon. Its scope needs re-sighting before you trust it past thirty yards, and the trigger is stiff until it breaks in. Both are normal at this price and both resolve, but the bow is not at its best the day you unbox it. It does include a crank alongside the rope cocker, which the Dagger does not.
Which one to buy
Buy the Dagger 405 if the budget is the constraint - it is a genuinely capable bow once re-armed with decent bolts. Buy the Lethal 405HD if you can stretch: quieter, better balanced, crank included, and the extra money buys shot quality rather than a bigger number. See <a href="/reviews/killer-instinct-lethal-405hd/">Lethal 405HD</a> and <a href="/reviews/centerpoint-dagger-405/">Dagger 405</a>.