Biggest draw-back is that NONE of them that I have seen are even CLOSE to the accuracy claimed by the mfg. If you are looking to stay 'close' to CMM ability, stay with a CMM. There have been other posts about some of the arms (not sure of the brand names) that users had lots of problems with. Mostly the round, rotary 'scale' systems, I think.
Biggest draw-back is that NONE of them that I have seen are even CLOSE to the accuracy claimed by the mfg. If you are looking to stay 'close' to CMM ability, stay with a CMM. There have been other posts about some of the arms (not sure of the brand names) that users had lots of problems with. Mostly the round, rotary 'scale' systems, I think.