this is precisely why I want to find a retail outlet where I can see them. you are saying I can't go wrong with them, however, They are all well over $100 bucks, even with discount. Why should I pay that when i can get others for $25?

I'm sure there are quality differences and seeing some in person would help me make a better informed decision so I can first hand see and feel the differences in quality. For my purposes now, the $25 ones are probably great, at the same time, if I'm going to grow into something else, it could make sense tojust pay a little bit more now. All of this would be much easier to decide if I had options to check them out myself.