Any use for Lehner Basic XL motors? Rarely used...

[Finnster]

I've been wondering why the Lehner Basic XL series motors have seemingly fallen out of use. Pretty much the current thinking is to go w/ a Feigao/Wanderer XL motor or go right to a Neu/LMT. The Basic series sits in the middle, and I don't see anyone using them anymore. Currently Mike only has one model even for sale (down from ~3 IIRC.) Why?

The big cons I can think of:

Too pricey for a "budget" motor ($160 vs $90 for Feigao)
1/8" shafts

How do these motors really stack up? I would think they are more eff than the Feigao motors, prob run cooler, but is it not enough to offset their nearly 2x price? Do these motors have a place in large scale conversions today?