I've used both regular and smart pots in coco/perlite mixes and have come to a conclusion. I'll be sticking with the smart pots by a small margin, but they aren't some magical pot that grows huge root balls or doubles yeilds. I wish that were the case, but I'm not seeing it and I consider myself to be pretty good at this coco in small pots thing.
If given the space I'll take coco/perlite beds anytime over air/smart/regular pots. Almost infinite lateral root growth.
I'd like to add, we're not kids here [I hope], so I don't know why this this thread which tunred out to be a solid one had to start with an attack against a member for his personal opinions about a pot. Seems silly and childish....
It started that way cuz dude attacked me with neg rep for telling Head he might do really good with Air Pots or Smart Pots and then went on to say what he did when I hadn't said a word to the guy he needed to be made an example of. Also I hoped it would make him learn how good these pots really are and look at that he's thinking of getting some Smart Pots so my thread did it's job...