What ever works for you Ben. Of course if you want to program a servo you will have to buy a programer. As for myself I haven't had the need to program any servo. I've been happy enough to do everything through the radio using the end points and subtrim etc. If I were ganging servos together I might have some use for programming the servos. Then again I am far from being a "pro". I have used the Futaba 3050 and I think they are a decent servo for the money. They are a little sloppy but I haven't had any problems with them. When I got them from the Hobby Store I deal with they also gave me a much better deal ($$) than the online stores. The same goes for the JR Servos.