I don't unsderstand the whole "why don't you read the 2600 post thread, the answer is in there" thing. If your gonna bother typing something then it might as well be helpful and productive, or at least funny. Many of us come here to save time, not spend 40 hours sifting through a thread to find something.

Still not too much about performance or longevity in the responses. Got 2 gallons through mine. Pulls about as strong as my DA, maybe a hair shy, but my DA is fully broken in. I was getting 7000 on a BME 22x8 second tank. Got a Zoar 23x8 on it now and pulls very strong. Compression is still very low. It really increased on the first 2-3 tanks but not much difference in compression since. It is easy to start but takes 4-5 more flips than my DA. I like it and so far is well worth the money.