Chirs,
To me, decoders are much like the array of tin fruit you get on the supermarket shelf. It all comes in a tin, and has fruit inside. Some have fancy labels, some have syrup, some have two fruits, some are imported & others aren't. Some are on special one week and not the other. Some, althought having a different label, may even have fruit in them from the same orchard. Some supermarkets are easier to park at than others. Their checkout chicks are friendlier. However, it's all still basically fruit in a tin.
Basically, I'm quite happy to stay with the decoders made by my command station manufactuer, unless I have a good reason to choose another brand of tin fruit for some reason. :thumb:
You wouldn't make an upfront and agonising decision about which brand of tin fruit you'd buy then alway buy that brand and type, and that brand only. You'd try a few, from different supermarkets, then settle on what you prefer. Just don't get hooked on that new Mexican guava in de-cal coconut milk, with esscence of vanilla in a new fanlged shaped tin cause you saw it on TV and tasted it once, and bought a whole new can opener set just to open it. It may not be found anywhere else, nor ever again.
The vast majority of decoders are basically fruit in a tin, really, that can be opened by any old can opener.
