To be honest I think it is just a matter of time before there are many companies producing kinetic splitters, they are as simple as it gets. The one I am currently using was built at a local community college, from scratch, by students. Yes, it needed some tweaking however it is nearly twice the machine as my SuperSplit. Not that SuperSplit is not a great product with outstanding customer service! If I were to buy new I would consider a SS however at a $2500 price tag there is a great deal of room in the market for some competition. If the chinese can figure out how to built small engines/cars/tractors/computers/your I Phone etc. I am pretty sure they can figure out a kinetic splitter.