For what it's worth, before I bought my 1250 - I asked about the scratch and dent models, the ones that are top tier are like $100 less than the new one purchased at 15% off. Believe those models only have 30 day warranty vs. 6 years on new. To me with the 15% off, new was worth it to have...
I was interested in the RT-1070, size was fine with me and liked the idea of the hopper up front and being able to use as a shelf to put my food tray on. I'm close by and drove to the store to look at the RT-1070 and right off the bat I noticed that you really can't use the pellet cover in...
Agree with others, don't get the cover. I just purchased my rt-1250 and the cover 2 days ago, I'm not impressed. Way too tight and I can see where the grill can tear into it from the corners. Tried placing cover on with the upper grate on the back, no go on that.