Stated above:

“I briefly owned a shield and sold it as the Glock 43 is better in just about every way... ”

Exactly how is the G43 better? It holds one less round (2 reall), the grip is modeled after a carved out piece of a 2x4, and feels like a brick and has the wrong grip angle.

Yep “better” in every way...Not!

Better for you perhaps, but absolutely worse for me in every way, including price!