Henry,

I don't think Normans are the best strobes, however there is allot of nonsense on forums about their reliability. Most of the issues are user malfunctions that people won't own up to.

If I was to invest in a new system, I would look at Dynalite mainly because I am getting old and lazy. BUT since I am now shooting much of mycommercial work DSLR, I need considerably less strobe and will stick with the Normans till I get out of the business.

Michael, My retired strobes are sitting on a shelf in my studio, but I am in Chicago till July 10th. And I can't remember their designation. Both were "totaled" ie too expensive to repair, but none of the P2000 or P800 ever were totaled no matter how much we abused them.