Your oppinion is the only one that counts. No one elses. You made the same decision as a lot of other here: to run a Gleaner. All the engineering is the same. The only difference is the exterior, beneath that, all the rest is identical. If this is your first Gleaner or rotory machine, I'm certain you will like it. If not, you know you will. I guess no one here has heard the story of the ugly duckling. looks aren't everything..... Take it easy and have a good one.