I personally own futaba, hitec and jr. i like the futaba better than the other ones. it is just a personal opinion though. i only owned one airtronics since i've been flying and didn't like it. the only person at our field that consistently has radio trouble flies airtronics. coincidentally, he is the only person with airtronics. i agree with bob_nj, go with what you can afford because it doesn't really matter.