There is no doubt that a kit is the very best if your a builder, me like many i can do a little building but i pay to have mine built, a close friend always gives me the very best advise on what to by, i just bought a cap 232 24% sport and a giles 202 ul 29%, yes i paid good money but i also have the best of quality, they are making some great arfs out there but one must either read and keep up on them or know someone whom knows what he is talking about and trust me my good friend is not only a mastr builder and a great pilot he to has had to reinforce some things, but mostly with an arf there is some work to it, the more you know the better plane you get, you cannot go wrong with giles or many other nice planes out there, i would build my own but i am badly disabled and flying is about one of the things i can do and i live to fly , my finest airplane is a twinstar a cheap plane but very well made and it flies like a dream w/ two os-25fx for engines, i was going to buy a plane and spend 100 less, my friend told me that would be just what i was getting a 100 dollars less of an airplane, so i spent the extra money and the reviews are great, if i cannot afford what i want i wait until i can, i surely am not rich, because of my injury and also because of doctors not wanting to get involved fighting the company so i lost out, flying puts a smile on my face, rollie