Thanks for your positive feedback. It's interesting when I visit the websites of snowshoe manufacturers. Each provide some information on their products, but all do not give full details. For example, Sherpa doesn't list the weight of their shoes, and Northerlites doesn't give any details about their crampons or the material of which the frame is constructed. Right now I own a pair of Tubbs Discoverers (?), and am tired of sloughing around in an extra 6 lbs of shoe, but the name brand is reliable. Maybe now, though, I'll switch to NortherLites as I try to snowshoe the Catamount Trail from end to end.
JimB, can I shop through your brother? Rather give a deal to another hiker's family rather than shop direct from the manufacturer.