Kadee's vs. Proto Max couplers - Model Railroader Magazine

In better than 40 years of playing with HO trains I have had a Kadee coupler break "one" time. When these clones started coming out I bought some and tried them on a few items. They have since been replaced with the Kadees and I will remain 100% Kadee's on my layout.

I suppose if you are running small trains of 10 cars or less they would work but I don't understand the thinking about "saving" any money using them.

You buy a $100+ locomotive and then put cheap couplers on it, sort of reminds me of "recaps" on a Cadillac.

Mark