About ten years ago I bought an SD9VE for $249 at my LGS. I normally wouldn't have been interested in something like that, but the low price sucked me in. It's been my home defense gun ever since. It's been 100% reliable but the grip was a little slick so I put tape on it. Also the trigger pull is around 8 lbs and not conducive to shooting smiley faces in a target at 25 yards. However for a home defense gun I actually like that fact, as it's not the sort of trigger you're going to pull by accident.

The new 2.0 version seems pretty much the same aside from deeper cocking serrations and an improved trigger. I would rather have it than the older model, but I'm not going to spend the money and upgrade as the old model works well enough for me.