considering the price of other high end comparable shocks.... the Inline is really attractive isnt it?
i havent searched for the cheapest prices, but Float X is is what?... about $150 more?
while the monarch plus debonair is the about the same price?
but given the price, weight and ultimately the adjustably... its hard to go past the inline for anything else?
It's the only shock I'm aware of that allows owner to easily adjust HSC/HSR. For this reason alone is why I don't think you can buy a RS or Fox shock aftermarket and expect it to run well since the default tune is one size fits all. That is unless you order custom tune from Fox (I think only Fox USA offer this), from Rock Shox (only ever seen medium/medium shocks for sale), or get it custom tuned which adds another $200 or so on top of purchase price. It is only OEMs that usually go to the effort of having the RS or Fox custom built to match to the frame and riding intent.
Service interval is also much longer than Fox; 100 hours compared to 30-40 hours but they do recommend sending it in to be done since damper interval is also 100 hours and that is not a user serviceable item.
Also oil volume 20% more than comparative sized Monarch/RP23 so it is a good compromise between weight/fitment size/heatfade compared to reservoir shocks where most people don't need the extra heatfade resistance.
I like the way the climbswitch works instead of locking out with a HS blowoff, it slows LSC and LSR right down so the rear is still compliant for technical climbing but still good power transfer. You can even run the climbswitch part-way which is not an option for RS and Fox.