Many years ago when I had an equipment company and did fabrications we hit a slow period and I felt we could build those things. Well, yes we certainly could but we could not compete with the Carolina boys who sold them out of the back of a pickup truck. Ours were heavier built and had the excellent fitting and welding we were known for but I was lucky to get my money back. So nothing much has changed really except now they are built in Eggfooyung. I even have one myself now and you know what...it does the job.