i agree. i use one but i wouldnt recommend you pay full price for it. i would buy a used one for no more than 40 or 50 bucks. they are big and a bit flimsy, but they work ok.
Well, I love mine!!!! It's not all that flimsy, only if you use it to pry things up out of solid soil. I had lost my last one and I hated being without it. I finally won another one off of Ebay and all is right with the world again.
they actually work very well...but if you have a tape measure....stretch it out 18 inches and make your decision... I now carry a bullseye 2, its gets lost in my pouch...around half the size...the v4...would never stay in the pouch!