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Originally Posted by Cathar

Overclockers.com has tested most of the WW'a'likes. The only WW block it hasn't tested is the White Water itself.

I must admit to being fairly puzzled by the recent MCW5000A test vs their MCW5002 test. Bill's a pretty thorough guy but OC.com put the two blocks at equal performance for flow rate. Unsure what went on there, but that certainly doesn't gel with test data from Bill and Phaestus.

However, getting back to OC.com, they've tested the RBX, the Antarctica, and the various Silverprops, and the RBX came out on top vs that lot at 1GPM. Refer to Phaestus's tests and we see what the WW does vs the RBX at 1GPM. Of course, cross-comparison tests are frought with issues, an immediate one being the fairly large die-size difference between the OC.com and Phaestus's test-bed.

Still, only at really high flow rates does the RBX catch the White Water. This is primarily due to its added dips and wall bumps helping it out, but it really places the focus on the pump. Good for the serious WC'er, not so good for the mass market.

Companies will copy to remain in business when they lack the ability to innovate. What is annoying is when they pass off such as actual innovation. That has about as much truth to it as banks in Australia sacking thousands of workers, shutting hundreds of branches, and then tell us that they're improving customer service. You know they're lying and it's really all about the profit/bottom-line, but you can't help but be amazed that they honestly expect people to swallow their marketing bull-shit.

Really, that's what it comes down to. Marketing bull-shit. The art of not exactly outright lying, but leading the uninformed customer to believe that something means something else. This is why companies don't supply performance data as Bill points out. To do so strips away the crap and converts marketing bullshit subjectiveness into hard-edged factual reality.

Like the blood sucking vampires they are, they will twist and turn in every way to escape the cold harsh sunlight of truth, typically cloaked by swathes of lawyers. No one should be surprised about this though. These are the business principles that some of the most successful companies in the world are based on.

So true are your words... I purchased the RBX based on reviews from this site and that is only after I could find no cascade or WW in stock anywhere, I looked for at least two weeks and waited till I could wait no more. I will still purchase a WW or cascade when they are more available but until then this will do....