I spent three years in the jungle(s) and a cheap machete is the way to go.

I don't spend any more time there so when I choose a Nata, it is because I want to know that tool and it fits in to what I am doing in the forest.

IF I were to buy a cheap machete, I would not, I would buy the Junglas because I wish I had that thing when I was in the infantry learning jungle techniques.

That thing is the deal, jungle knife.