Evan, I honestly don't consider the PPS system to be a "splurge" after having been using it for a year and a half plus. Not only does it permit spraying things well that are very hard to spray with many guns, that "I don't care what the position of the gun is" since it's pressurized is a darn valuable feature. I have ZERO regrets putting out the $385 I did for mine because of the functionality as well as the fact that I'm getting much better results.