ORIGINAL: Slam_Dunc
mpx make some great stuff, the programming that goes into their tx's is really good, but why why why don't they do anything with the aesthetics????????? they look like a cheap fisher price toy. Their market share would be so much bigger if they actually looked half decent.
I agree they look like crap, but more importantly to me is that the ones I have had my hands on FEEL like crap. I can put up with something that doesn't look that great, if it handles well. The problem for me is that they are designed with practically everything crammed into the faceplate instead of being suitably spread around the top, sides, etc of the radio.
I prefer not having to let go of the primary controls (sticks) in order to reach & operate most of the extra channels, switches etc. With thumb & forefinger on the sticks of my JR radios I can reach most of the ancillary controls on top & sides of the radio with my other fingers without having to let go. (The rotary controls on the top middle of the 10X being an exception). With the MPX stuff I've played with, cramming all sorts of controls onto the MIDDLE of the faceplate means that I have to let go of the sticks for all sorts of control activation.
Pity really - MPX has always had some of the best programming and coolest features on the planet - but when I have to choose between programability (which I only have to fart around with ocassionally) and ease of use (which affects me every time I flly) then my less capable JR wins.
YMMV, which is fine.
Gordon