Being a Futaba 18MZ user for 10 Years I made the switch due to some small personal reasons and went with the Jeti ds24, had it for about 1 1/2 years, struggled with the programming and did not like using the thumb wheel to navigate ( personal preference) was well invested in Jeti but took the plunge and sold it all and purchased the Core, best radio I have ever had, programming is easy ( its different ) love the feel especially with the suede grips and quality is amazing. Powerbox has great support and they listen; Richard is a true asset to Powerbox. Jeti and Futaba are both great radios all 3 are essentially the same for very basic core operations, beyond that they have their own way to achieve the same results.
If I lost my core today I would buy another in a heart beat
my two cents
Angus