My only comment for this topic is I’ve used my knowledge to help people buy certain brands. And I’ve also used my knowledge to help people fix certain brands. If you divide my contributions into two groups, a couple manufacturers will dominate one group and one will dominate the other group. But I look at it like this. The group that I help fix their guns wouldn’t be so big if they didn’t get caught up in the hype or as the OP put it, craze. Everyone falls victim to false advertising. Only showing the good things when everything is perfect. Why would airguns be any different.