[Pyro]

This is an oldish thread, but I will give my 2cents if it helps.



With X-cart, everything is relative. "Too many" is strictly a function of what you are hosted on and if you have done any improvements.


I would not think that 20 variants with only 2 options each would be worse than 4 variants with 100 options each. So once again, it is all relative. Keep in mind, as you add variants, the number of total combinations increases exponentially.


In my case, I try to keep my variants per product to 2 or 3.

Anything beyond that and start a new product.



Hope it helps.