Not from a quality stand point NO. CAST is far superior to those knockoff lines. But it is no secret that CAST was founded by the owner of Aquarious which was Unique's largest east coast distributor for many years. Then CAST's founders decided they could create a well light, a multi tap, a HUB aka Spider Splice, teach the same seminars, make the same VD charts, etc.....so I dont want to sugar coat the reality of how CAST came about atleast in our opinion. CAST is a spinoff of Unique as are those other companies.
But one thing we can appreciate and do appreciate is the fact that atleast CAST didnt directly copy product designs. Atleast CAST used their own brains to develop a style of fixture and product all their own. Your a person I respect Steve, so this is not a shot at you that I was trying to take.
This topic is a sensitive subject around here and rightfully so. When you go through all the hard work of teaching customers and distributors, filing for patents, putting togeather a winning sales staff, devloping innovative and usefull new products, and devloping marketing materials to help customers sell and distribute your product only to have people that are close to you steal and cheat you out of all that hard work it leaves a pretty bitter taste in your mouth.
