I do believe I have decided on a low profile grand. I would love to be able to look and see what was actually available. You never know. I might change my mind for a different model. Which one or rather ones do you own. And Do any of you have recommendations for me as to what to purchase with this.
Well, there's no such thing as a bad model, but the LP grand is prolly the most capable and versatile. It's 18650 size gets you the largest battery life as well as use of the highest amp rated bats. Not sure if you like to subohm, but that can be a factor. AW 18650 1600 mah or Sony VTC4 or 5 bats are the current darlings. The LP catch cup lets you use any bf atty you like. Rob has 6 or 7 of them, other popular atties like the Magma, Cyclone, or Odin are available from other vendors. Pretty much every reonaut has at least one RM2 in their arsenal.
The mini 2.1 is literally a scale model of the grand - great for pocketing and still very capable (also available in LP), but with a smaller 18500 battery size and 3 ml juice bottle. Some folks love them for the size, not that the grand is big ("I had no idea the grand was so small", is a common comment).
As far as finish, there are many colours available plus some textured paint finishes. You'll have to form you own opinion there, but I will say that I'm partial to the tumbled raw aluminum (TRA), black wrinkle, and hammertone finishes.
More exotic models, like the VV Grand or any of the woodvils are either special releases or discontinued, but do show up for sale in the classifieds (and are snapped up quickly - 2 minutes for one just yesterday).