Haha, I just saw this thread and saw wonderful flashbacks of my early mango years when growing a Kent mango was my holy grail, lol!
I the last 10 years or so, I jumped down the rabbit hole, so to speak and learned as much as I could about mangos. I learned a lot from Leo Manuel, Eunice Messner, Nim Neitzel and many others and the journey has been extremely rewarding.
I experimented a lot and failed more times than I care to mention but with each failure, I learned what not to do. I was absolutely horrible at grafting when I first started but I got better and better as I performed more and more grafts.
Oh yeah, and my palate? I still enjoy Kent but E4, Sweet Tart, Lemon Zest, Pina Colada, Orange Sherbet, Pineapple Pleasure, Venus, Kathy, Orange Sherbet and many others are far better tasting in my opinion.
Kent does make a great rootstock at my location but with Kents so readily available in the markets at such ridiculously low prices, it would it warrant being planted in my small yard.
Simon