cent-a-meter vs rfxcom power monitoring

[TeleFragger]

Ok so this is a opinion only post asking of which of the 2 should I get and what is the reason for the 1 over the other?

Once I immediately decided to monitor my power (within 2 weeks of ordering)
I jumped to cheapertronics site...
the only thing stopping me is the cost...

the one cheapertronics has is about $100% more than the cent-a-meter.

So I am looking for people that have 1 or the other and what they think.....
I want to use the rfxcom charts so will still need to buy the rfxcom plugin.
I do have a rfxcom 433 antennea.....

also looking at the rfxcom plugin it supports the cent-a-meter

which of the 2 is a better piece of hardware?

cent-a-meter
pro:
**LCD for sitting on counter
**Cost - $162 delivered
con:
??????

rfxcom power meter
pro:
?????
con:
**Cost - $324 to my door!!!!!

[b_weijenberg]

The cent-a-meter is used in a different way as the RFXPwr.

The cent-a-meter can be used to measure current and in the RFXCOM plug-in you can set warning and alarm levels on each input sensor and also on this device. If one of the levels exceeds the limit set a message is send to the RFXCOM Message Panel and an event can be made that sends for example a text message (SMS).

The RFXMeter is the device that has the ability to have up to 3 metering modules inserted. This can be an RFXPwr for power metering or an RFXPulse for pulse metering. If a gas or water meter have a dry-relay contact this can be connected to the RFXPulse to measure the usage. It is also possible to connect a Photo Sensor to the RFXPulse to measure blinking LED pulses or when a reflective-optical sensor is used it is possible to measure mirror passes like done on the Dutch gas meters.

So in short:
To measure momentary current you have to use the cent-a-meter.
To measure real power usage you have to use the RFXMeter+RFXPwr module(s)