but I can't tell the difference between that and my el-cheapo @ home...

You will with two or three years of exposure at 100 feet in the air
exposed to the elements.

You mean to tell me I'll come to fully appreciate $16 electrical tape? I mean;
I'm already appreciative of it becuase it kept us boating that day... so it was
worth it -- but "in the scope of things" it's not worth it.