Nope still the same ole crap they have always been, we used some last year (not the duck commander type) but carry lites. They just put a good name on a sh^& product. Go with the GHG they are, in my opinion , the best made better by the permenant keel.
Now THAT endorsement alone would make me change my mind if I were interested in a new product that I've never seen or tried yet.
Hell, Flambeau, Higdon, G&H, Herters, Drake, Final Approach, Carrylites, whatever (notice I didn't mention GHG).....all have different features that may appeal to folks differently because of their particular style of hunting.
I think a lot of folks think you should be able to buy one decoy that:
- Looks sexy
- made from all-welded aluminum
- has epoxy paint
- fixed and removeable keels
- weighs as much as it's anchor
- is bullet-proof
- self-repairing
- self-righting
- has swivel heads
- carries a lifetime warranty against any kind of abuse
- cost $29.99 a dozen (retail, including tax)......
- ....and a 24/7 crisis hotline and overnight delivery if the paint chips while it was sitting in your garage, doing nothing
I hate to tell you, but it ain't gonna happen. If you use a decoy......any decoy......something
TERRIBLE is bound to happen to it the first time you take it out of the wrapper.
It's PLASTIC!! Anything I can be a little rough with and it still floats.......I'm tickled to death. I'm not going to have a stroke if they don't look like they did right out of the box.....at the end of the first season. They are decoys for waterfowling......not for the mantle or coffee table.
I'd definately try the Commander CarryLites before I bashed'em or the people that endorse them.