Back around 2013 I started pushing Dad into looking for a new tractor and in Mid 2014 Mama made him get serious lol
We shopped and researched several brands (Branson, Kubota, LS, Mahindra, New Holland, Massey, and Kioti) and talked to multiple dealers for each brand. I had never really heard of Kioti at that point either and was really leaning toward a Mahindra.
In the end Kioti offered us the most tractor for the money. As of yesterday it had just under 170 hours and it has performed trouble free all this time.
I have recommended Kioti to several people and 2 of my co-workers have actually purchased the new CK3510's after looking at ours. So far they are thrilled with theirs as well.