Hey Vincent,
Maybe you want to re-word that?
I wll take an INDEPENDENT distributor any day over a "friendly" chain store that has incompetent service people, etc.
I chose BlueLine because of my past experience with the Thermal Wave 5M. I'm sure there is probably a better TM out there but I get so many compliments that I'd be afraid of getting a TM that didn't perform like my Thermal Wave.
Gotta make it a more complete poll, add HydraMaster, PowerClean, AeroTech, MasterBlend and at least make catagory for independent Mfgs, everything from Namco to Nellos, then leave other for ones that truely don't come up ever in discussion like Amercian Cleannig Sys.