I'm no Glock fanboy, but I certainly use the Glock 26 as a bench mark when looking at subcompact pistols. I love the 26 from the weight standpoint, but I'm not particularly fond of anything else that the Glocks do other than 1) work well enough, and 2) be sufficiently simple to be idiot proof. At this point in time, I have one Glock, a 19 and that's the gun that my girlfriend uses when we shoot, though since I picked up my VP9, she favors it. As for the XD-E, I'm not impressed with Springfield's execution. The weight is higher than it's competitor double stack guns, and as a subcompact, single stack, DA/SA hammer pistol, I'd sooner take a Sig P239 SAS as I'd simply carry it loaded and in DA. If I wanted a subcompact hammer fired SAO gun, I'd take a Springfield EMP or some Officer's 1911 variant.