Worth it or not depends on how you value your time, and what other things you could be doing to make/save money. Personally I have psychological problems that cause me to do everything myself even when it doesn't make sense. In this particular case if you have the tools and are setup to do this kind of fabrication work, then it is probably worth it. I had a solid 10 hours wrapped up in fabricating that cart, but nothing else to do that weekend but drink beer and split wood for the winter after next so no loss there. The materials were $200, and the Stein sells for like $700 from what I can tell. Saved myself $500 for a 10 hour effort, thats like $50/hr. I'll get out of bed in the morning and fab steel all day for that price. I havent seen the Stein in person, but Im guessing it isnt built with 3x3x3/16 tube steel in the cart section. Totally overkill but I felt that the 2.5" tube in the handle section looked right and the 3x3x3/16 is what I needed to get it all to telescope with standard structural tubes without getting into trying to broach the weld flash along the seam on the ID of the tube. The tires are rated at something like 600lb each, and it all rides on a 1" replacable solid steel axle. I got to pick the paint color and customize every aspect of it, and yeah I guess I can be proud of it when I go to haul wood. All of that said the Stien looks like quality stuff and is priced fair when you consider they are in business to make a profit and not just some guy in his garage...