In reply to Snoweider:
Wow. Good feedback.
I'm going to have to do my own research as well, of course, but does anyone have anything to say specifically in head-to-head competition between the Petzl Summit and DMM's Cirque?
I'm not in this for low cost, BTW. For stuff I intend to buy once, look after and use until worn-properly-out (at which point I will consider my job well done and be chuffed to have to replace it), I don't mind paying a premium. I am a huge fan of Singing Rock because they open climbing up to a lower-end of the market but, personally, I find that their stuff could be thought through a wee bit better -- like there's always some minor improvement that surely wouldn't cost the earth and could make it ten times nicer.