ARFs may be indeed be the wave of the future however I think the manufacturers would do well to start increasing the quality [dramatically]. I have assembled two ARFs (different manufacturers) for others and so far I have seen little more than cheap, flimsy and sloppy construction. The covering material, whatever they are using, is pathetic. I realize that two is a very small sampling however forums are full of similar impressions as to ARF quality.

I love to build so I'm probably never going to be an ARF fan however if there were some truly well built ARFs, with first rate materials, I might eventually like to own one or two.

Maybe there should be two classes of ARF. One that looks good from a distance and is cheap. The other, one that IS good and is not covered with advertising. Not everyone would shy away from the inevitable higher price.