Can anyone recommend a brand of grooming tools that will be long-lasting and high quality? I've been leading toward Bamboo -- pros, cons?

You may want to include information on what you're grooming - long, short, or medium fur type? Specific breed or moggie? That way those who have tried out more brands for certain coat types can offer suggestions on what brands make the best for your uses.

I did a whole thread on this subject :)

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176260

My preferred brands are Chris Christensen, Mason Pearson.

Maine Coon is the breed. Jeeze Aby, nice brands of brushes, perhaps I will be able to purchase them someday. I was thinking about buying all of the types of brushes with the addition of the bamboo's version of the "furminator."