I had a smoke hollow combo gas/charcoal/smoker, the smoker was small but good for just me. The thing leaked like crazy but I got used to it and put out some decent food. I used red high heat RTV caulk to seal the outside of the firebox to the smoking chamber which helped a little. After barely two years the gas side started acting up, and I would have had to replace the burners. In hindsight (which is always 20/20) I wish I just bought a gasser and separate offset, even if the off set was cheapo model. I didn't want to keep it just for the smoker because there was too much wasted space. I bought the used Weber and scraped the combo. In the spring I am going to figure out which offset I'm going to get.
Jaxon loves his Pecos, and it is cheaper than most for everything being welded. How I found this forum was The Smoke's review of meadow creek SQ36 a few years ago. They are about a hour away from my house and have a "yard" sale in the spring, but also have demos for sale. I know Smoke had trouble, but since it is so close and I can actually check it out in person that is still int he mix, even if the price is almost double. Now BIGG with his Karabue throwing another wrinkle into the mix. I'm just glad so many people have tried a lot of options to help make my choice harder, because I can never make up my mind.