”Does it? Sort of depends if you smoke or not? “

Does it? I don’t smoke, I’ve never smoked, but I know how easy it is to find out how much they cost!

You have a point about price not always reflecting quality, but I’m still using two Shubbs that I’ve been using for thirty years, and they’ve only needed one rubber-sleeve change (£1-50 each at the time, IIRC). Tell you what, report back here in thirty years and tell me if your cheapo capos are still working perfectly, and I’ll tell you my Shubbs are still working perfectly at sixty years old! ;-)

Second thoughts, I’ll be over 100 years old myself by then, probably won’t care! :-)