My valve is the best valve in the world, all the other valves are for little girls!

Actually, I do think my valve is the best one for me, but that isn't quite the point of this post, although it does play a big role. If you have done any type of lurking/research/joined a forum, you tend to run into a couple of issues. Well, I call them problems, but lets be all PC and call them "issues". One of the major ones would be the fact that most valve performance information, graphs, comparisons, etc, showing how good each individual valve is, is found on the website for the manufacturer of the valve that you are researching. Not to say the information isn't good, but it would be shocking if the information presented isn't done in such a way as to make that particular valve look the best. Take my valve, the ON-X valve. Tons of great information, very impressive features, however, none of it is presented independently. Probably a little bias there, but who would blame them really; it is their valve after all. Same goes for ATS, St. Jude, and whoever else makes the little buggers. Then you have all the tissue valves, and their sites with impressive patient testimonials, so you can see where the confusion in picking a valve would lie. You want a cow valve? Right-mouse-click-link-cow is the awesomest! Uh-oh. So let's head to the forums! Surely we can get unbiased information there.