hey! that almost fits with 'the best beer is free beer' on one of the other threads! 
you can't beat free/cheap.
deepwater
As I said on that thread, yeah, you can.

Free/cheap is nice. Well made and reliable is better. I don't care if its Shiner Bock vs Miller's answer to Zima or a gold plated travesty versus a plain jane Ruger/Glock/1911 (or insert your brand here). You get what what you pay for. The same applies to free and cheap. I've been there and done that, and honestly, I'd rather pay for what I want than get a POS for free.

FQ13 who is sadder, older and wiser and knows that there is no such thing as free in this world. One way or another, you pay. Better it be on the thing you really want.