I asked a similar question a year or so ago. I wondered why Carillo, which I'd understood to be the gold standard years ago, seemed to have been overtaken by Pauter. There weren't any responses indicating any quality issues with Carillo. And there was mention of Carillo being owned by Pankl now. Perhaps customer service is one reason. I haven't worked with either vendor firsthand, but I understand Pauter is good (and better than other vendors in general) in this respect.
There is a fundamental design difference between the two vendors' products. I don't have an informed opinion on this, but I think I have seen more opinions in favor of the H beam design that Carillo uses.
Scott
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