DAVE SINCE YOU MISSED MY QUESTION OR AVOIDED IT I'LL TRY AGAIN:

"Dave now I'm confused, is the product better or not?? Your shipping concern is a bit over the top for me. I won't be paying anyone to do my install so that's a mute point. In the many years past that I installed carpet I just sat it in my basement for a week or two and then installed it. Is ACC or whoever the manufacture is finally making it correctly?"
Ron Sannino

Also if a person doesn't want to go thru the added expense of the flat shipping where does one buy this new and improved carpet (carpet that doesn't turn brown or purple, carpet that isn't sparce, carpet that isn't short etc...)