Stockli doesn't really make a ski I'm interested in. But as a kind of ski construction nerd even I have to admit that their production facility, and methods is well above some of the other brands mentioned here. Just because a ski is expensive, does not mean there is some amazing prouduction line behind it. That is not the case with Stockli. They are an impecablly built, and finished ski. Some of the brands you guys mention in the same sentence....not so much.