The AW version shares the first advantage. The windscreen fixing is more elegant than Simmonds though and doesn't have external windscreen clips. You need to see one.
Yes, the AW hood is an excellent thing indeed. When I had Steve make my hood back in 2008 I did consider going to AW, but TBH Steve was just up the road from me whereas it's a long haul over to Allon White. Having lived with the Simmonds hood for the last 14 years I'm pretty happy with it. I think if I were to go for a replacement I'd go for an easy type design with better framing, but it's completely moot really as my current hood works absolutely fine and will last longer than I will.
