I'vebeen gunning overHerters foam decoys for the 8 years and I've been happy with them (dozen Canada's, dozen bluebills, and 2 dozen black ducks - we've got a lot of them here, and they're the smartest bird in the marsh, they're like a confidence decoy and super easy to re-paint). They were my entry level rig when I got my own boat and started duck hunting. I've since added to with some heavier, locally made mallard decoys that sit like battle ships and a few others. Anyhoo, the foam decoys only drawback is the paint can get pretty beat if you really beat em up, but I don't exactly wrap them in pillows or anything. You will have them forever - as I have quite a few with pellet holes in the head, and cabela's sells the complete paint kits complete with paint scheme diagrams. The way I've kept my herters decoys in decent shape over the years is by not keeping the weights on them. Those darn weights are the death of any decoy.

I would also seriously look into the green head gear, IMHO they've got the best paint scheme's going and they hold up well apparantly. Around here, they're only about $85/dozen. The Bigfoot Canada floaters with flocked heads look amazing - I hunted over them all day yesterday and I'm getting a dozen or so. We shot a couple.

Here's a pic of one of my Herters decoys and how I rig up my weights - my friends taught me this and we do it with ALL of our decoys.