I've been on this forum for a couple of months now, and what i've seen is someone asks for some info or opinion on a particular subject; then others say what they think or know (knowledge sharing) and, in the end, the OP makes his own mind and takes a decision after considering all that has been written.
That's what I'm thinking as I'm presenting what I know. Get the facts out there (and if I'm mistaken about something, welcome a correction), and let the person who's asking the question make up their mind.
Unfortunately this thread was derailed so early on that a conversation with the OP wasn't even possible. Ironically, the ones doing the derailing were the ones claiming that this forum is going down hill.