I'm not claiming best chute. major limitation for me was shipping cost and what was available locally as well as time. i purchased a powderriver self catch. i adjust the head gate carefully so they sniff their head in and so they think they can't run through and i also have it near the back of my barn so hopefully they don't think they can just run through. sometimes when i'm by myself, i close the front, get them in front of the rear gate, close it and open the front, or dont' even do that for pour on's etc. trying to get them used to it like mentioned above on another reply to feed them in there occassionally as this is my AI chute. a little problem there, and i do have the preg check "gate" is the restricted access offered by the chute at the area of interest without opening the rear gate on the chute. cost money. only complaint is that my cow had twins, and i was paranoid that calves were not getting up so i milked her and it was difficult to tie here rear leg. now that i saw the "no-kick" tool, i'll try that. any tips for that? gotta say, the instructions were kinda poor. they need a logistics person to go over the manual with a newbie.