I think sometimes people take enthusiasm by an affiliated person as being "misleading" or biased info, when in reality that simply isn't the case. Sometimes personality conflicts compound this it seems. 99.999999999% of the time, these guys choose to become affiliated because they truly
believe in the product.
I also think there are a lot of people that are fanatical supporters of certain products that are not affiliated in anyway but subscribe to the "it's better because I use it" mentality. I'm just sayin.........
I'm not currently sponsored or affiliated with anyone other than Gold Tip in case I'm one of the people in question. If I'm shooting or using something, it's because I want to........affiliated or not. If I end up affiliated with anyone elsein the future it's because I'm convinced they are best of breed.