It doesn't seem like a big deal that a number of companies are using the Taska in their lineup. KHE's internals are all over the place. I run the U-Free, and it works great. It would be nice to see KGB and Ares design their own unique Taska-compatible hub shells like Federal and Alienation did, but at the same time, you can't fault them because that costs quite a bit to do. At least anyone buying a freecoaster from any of these companies can be confident it'll work well. The U-Free has been the smoothest and most reliable fc I've run so far...