>I've been planning on purchasing the Catalyst suite myself, but I was just waiting for someone like you ;) to hash it out. I'd be interested to know if you think its "a bullet prooof" control after all this testing, and if their is anything you dont like about the Catalyst Socket Tools package in general.

As for the FTP control, IMHO, Catalyst is the one. It connects faster, transfer faster, includes more properties and methods and the connect method always work.