Figured it was about time for the annual fall "what cat should I buy thread".
Seems I have my choice of a Clearskies for $160, and a couple of ones with no manufacturer specified, for similar prices. I can get a ceramic Condar for $202, or the mysterious metal version for $249. And there's a place, Advanced Cat Systems, that has some good prices, then a tiny note saying they don't really sell them anymore. I haven't priced a genuine VC yet, but figure it will probably be $379, the way everything else is going there.
And Firecat says they are the only company that really makes them in the US anymore. Does that mean the others are all Chinese, or that all the ceramic ones are made by the same company?
My inclination is to go with the lowest priced one. I never have managed to collect on a prorated waranty anyhow (my VC dealer used to play some sleight-of-hand by insisting that if you used the prorated warranty the new one would be warranteed for only the remaining time on the old one, bogus, but threatening to take them to court everytime I needed a part was tiring).
Any thoughts or advice?
Seems I have my choice of a Clearskies for $160, and a couple of ones with no manufacturer specified, for similar prices. I can get a ceramic Condar for $202, or the mysterious metal version for $249. And there's a place, Advanced Cat Systems, that has some good prices, then a tiny note saying they don't really sell them anymore. I haven't priced a genuine VC yet, but figure it will probably be $379, the way everything else is going there.
And Firecat says they are the only company that really makes them in the US anymore. Does that mean the others are all Chinese, or that all the ceramic ones are made by the same company?
My inclination is to go with the lowest priced one. I never have managed to collect on a prorated waranty anyhow (my VC dealer used to play some sleight-of-hand by insisting that if you used the prorated warranty the new one would be warranteed for only the remaining time on the old one, bogus, but threatening to take them to court everytime I needed a part was tiring).
Any thoughts or advice?
