Damn! Now I have a Dilemma...

[Horse'nround]

For years I have carried my trusty commander, not because of brainwashing, ego or any of that crap. In my mind the 1911 is the best self-defense / carry weapon ever designed. Anyway back to the dilemma. I have been considering another foray into the subcompact game for summer carry. My initial go around was with kimber 10-12 years ago (SHUT-UP ) and the ultras left such a bad taste with me that I refuse to succumb to going down that road again... Well, until yesterday anyway. I have eyed, watch and listened to the rhetoric about the 3" reliability issues, but more and more good gun makers are stepping into this arena. I have handled the Colt, Sig and the ECO all of which have been discussed with mixed reviews. Between the price point and the inability to shoot one has left me walking on by. Yesterday I stopped our local twice a year gun show, not much to speak of as shows go but how could one pass up 3 minutes down the road. At the last table on the way out, there it was the XDs, now I have never been a Tupper fan (still think it belongs in the kitchen) but after all the hype, OOOoooing and AWwwweing over this little "wonder" I just had to stop and check it out. Hmmmm, even with the short grip it feels nice in the hand. The hilt to slide rise looks adequate to clear the slide bite issue but not so high that the recoil would make the gun real jumpy. For a little peckerwood the balance feels really nice, it's not frontend heavy so dropping the slide doesn't push the nose down the action was quick and clean, so much like my commander it kinda pissed me off. A friend told me his son got one for summer carry and parked his Les Baer, said his son has nearly 600 rounds through it with no issues. So what to do?? At $500 bucks I could have 2 of these for a Sig or 3 for an ECO.

Could this be the one
Could I become Tupperfied??

So where else to turn but my trusted COTEP brethren,

Thoughts, opinions, advice, sarcasm...

I'm in a bit of a quandary here so a little help please...

~H