No offence taken at all mate, just keen to point out that the US is not the only option to poeple like this and many UK stores (like our own) do have on offer the exaxt itesm poepl in this thread wanted.
As for the Shark, it is the most popular and best out there by far at the moment yes, however recent results and testing at variuos venues here and in the US suggest not to write off the TEK18T converted RC18's though just yet
