We purchased out Weber Q portable grill from Amazon in December, 2003 and it is still our main grill. My husband and I lived in a condo at the time (our grill space was outside our front door) and he wondered why the heck I bought it (because it had more grill space than our small Weber Smokey Joe bbq.) It is great and we have never felt the need to replace it. The cooking area is very similar in size to the starter full size grills
ETA: I should say that we bought the converter to use it with a full size propane tank. We only use the small propane tank for travel.