Sorry, that's utter tripe leeneia. Whistles are certainly not an inferior sort of recorder, they are a different instrument. Or perhaps all the whistle players listed above, plus hundreds of others- Mary Bergin, Tom McHaile, Michael McGoldrick, the list goes on- have been labouring under a misapprehension all their lives.

I don't really know what's best at the moment, and there's a vast range of prices from a few pounds to hundreds, but if you find a supplier with a good stock of Generations and who is patient enough to let you find a good one, they do play very easily and are generally better in tune between the octaves than the Clarkes. Loosen the head using hot water so it can be tuned.