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I just Googled about N scale couplers and came up with this evaluation written by Peter Wisniewski on Fifer Hobby Supply website.
One place the McHenry is great is on the pilot of a steamer. Since it doesn't need a centering spring, and has a solid shank, one can drill a hole behind the actual coupler, cut the rest of the shank off, and mount it with a pin. Centering by hand is prototypical, and it will fit where no other will.
The huge problem with McHenrys is that they are huge! Not quite as large as the Bachmann "boxing glove", but they look way oversize, even compared to the already-oversize MTL couplers. While their overall shape is vaguely closer in appearance to the AAR coupler than MTLs, the size was a deal killer for me. That was one of the main reasons I wrote that coupler comparison on the A-board (on Fifer's website now).Kato coupler seems to be the closest visually to AAR couplers (if the "horn" on the side is trimmed).