To each their own, the plastic carbies are not bad to run, or hard to fix,but personally, i feel they lack the soul of the meatl carbies of earlier days, maybe thats just the collector in me comming out, but i am a sucker for the Victa G3, heck, if i get bored, or have a spare moment of an evening, i dont watch TV anymore, i just pop out to the shed, and restore a G3, they all sit on a shelf, awaiting mower projects.
I'm also enjoying working with a few of the brigs ones that i am starting to get into now, I quite like the gravity fed one on my quantum, and the pulsa-prime is my favorite of the tank mounted ones, I have a few nighe little auto choke ones here, ready for machines
Perhaps I'm just a carby addict, the detail of them has always excited me.