I purchased a 28C earlier this year. During my search I looked at H300's, Brantlys, BH47 and Robinsons. The Enstrom was the only piston helicopter that makes sense for the private owner. The factory can be a little quirky to deal with at times, but which helicopter company isn't. First of all, there are only 12 life limited parts in the machine and if you do a couple of mods, the number drops to 9. Next, since 1975 there have been only 375 accidents here in the US that involve Enstroms. Of that only 32 fatals. And these are broken down into the following groups:
Wire Strikes 4
Fuel (running out of) 4
T/R Strike 1
CFIT 6
Inadvertent IFR 4
Midair 1
MX 5
(most common was improperly maintained mags. Also 1 non-approved part)
Stupid pilot 7
(not properly conducting auto rotations most common also student pilots conducting operations not approved for)
I have been very happy with my machine so far. And before you say that the Enstrom is all I know, I learned in the H300, and have flown the BH47, R44, AS350 and BH212.