New AM C-Base Chassis vs. Old IFI KitBot Chassis?

[ChuckDickerson]

As far as I can tell by the rules this year the old IFI KitBot is still legal for use since it is a COTS part any team can go to IFI and buy right now. Even the mounting brackets for the AM Toughboxes are still available as COTS from IFI so the two similar chassis can pretty much be considered functionally equivalent. Aside from the fact that the AM C-Base chassis is free (because everyone got one) what advantages does it have over the IFI KitBot chassis we are all familiar with? It the C-Base lighter? Stronger? More flexible in designs? If so, how?

Our team is very comfortable using the KitBot chassis having used it every year since it was introduced in 2005. Why wouldn’t we want to just purchase a proven KitBot chassis from IFI and stick with what we know works for us? The durability of the IFI KitBot is a known battle tested quantity. The AM C-Base is not.

This is not a slam against AndyMark in anyway. Andy knows we love him and his products and knows we have purchased our fair share of his stuff over the years. I am just looking for insight into what other teams feel the strengths of the new AM C-Base might be over the IFI KitBot. I do not want this to deteriorate into a thread about how the KitBot sucks, or why you wouldn’t want to use either the C-Base or the KitBot, or that custom chassis are the only way to roll. Assuming you were required to use either the new AM C-Base chassis or the old IFI KitBot chassis which would you prefer and why?

Note to the rookies that may not know what an IFI KitBot chassis is you can get it here and as I have said above it should be perfectly legal for any team to use this year as far as I can tell. Someone please direct me to the specific rule otherwise if I am incorrect.