I bought a Futaba 6EXA-S two years ago when I got back in the hobby. It has served me well.

A couple of months ago I bought a Futaba 7CAP. The main reasons were because it has four more model memories (10) and separate switches for each channel's dual rates. The 6EXA-S has one switch for AE&R. The 7C also has a timer. I didn't go with 2.4 because I have about a dozen planes with rx's on my 6ex's channel. It would literally cost me a fortune to replace all those with 2.4 systems. I like to bring only one tx to the field. I fly mostly 1/2A and sometime bring four models with me. If I was only flying one plane 2.4 would make more sense.

David