Those shooting from a grip pod tend to shoot a little worse, depending upon how you utilize it. Having an M203, it obviously took care of that on my end, but as far as unsupported, off hand, etc... it's deffinately worth it IMO. I think you hate em, cause you see every swinging dick in the Army, from grunts to finance clerks, rocking them on their M4's or M16's. Don't get me wrong, I laugh at the Harris bipods on M4's and the giant Leupolds I've seen on them. I will say this, shoot an M110 SASS with the can on it. It's a nice shooting rifle to say the least.