I guess I'll have to reiterate statements that I've made many, MANY times. If some have followed my posts on this Mirage issue, you would have seen that I praised GKF many times for their excellent products. Without them this industry wouldn't be as far as it is today. They are a great company and stand tall as one of our pioneers.

The GKF Mirage drop-away, however, is quite a different issue. IMO they rushed it to the market to get a portion of the drop-away business and didn't do their normal design/quality excellence that we've come to expect. They readily admit to problems and have corrected some of them. This rest, however, is NOT up to the design/manufacturing standards that I've seen over the years from GKF. The testing that I did on the Mirage indicated a very fragile and problem-prone product.

Most of those in an adversarial mode know that I have commented positively about most of the GKF product line. Please don't think that I have any real problem with GKF and the majority of their products. On the contrary, I like their products in general. It's only the Mirage that is a real problem with me.

And for those who think I sell mainly the MZE, you're wrong. The NAP 2000 and 4000 come in as a good second to the Zero Effect. We also stock the Tropy Taker drop-away, Schaffer drop-away, and MPSI Bushmaster drop-away. As far as other rests, we have about 20-30 different brands on the shelves right now. In fact, we presently have about 30 GKF rests of various styles in stock as I write this.

I hope this clarifies this issue.