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My suggestion: Go try both systems on layouts if possible. Make your decision based on your experience. Both systems are good. I own EasyDCC. I used EasyDCC at a friend's layout for a couple of years. Very reliable and easy to use. I have used it and the NCE. The reasons I like EasyDCC have mostly to do with the design of the wireless throttle. It doesn't have a lot of extra buttons and other stuff. It has a knob for speed control and has buttons for the functions and direction of travel. Thats all. The NCE has many more buttons and is more versatile, but also more complex. There is also a fundamental difference in how the two wireless systems work. The NCE handheld sends a signal and then waits for a verification from the command station to change the indicator in the handheld to reflect your new command. The drawback here is that if the base station is slow to respond, it can be hard to know if the last command you sent has been received by the base station or lost, since the throttle has to get a verification to show the new command, you won't know how it is set. The plus is that you do get feedback on a variety of things that show up in an LCD window on the throttle. The flip of this is EAsyDCC's handheld gives no feedback at all, while I find that I personally don't need feedback, others want to have it. It shows the basics: In the instance of reverse it has LEDs on the handheld showing the direction and the speed is a knob, so you can always see how the throttle is set. The downside is that you cant tell which functions ahve been enabled without going back to the command station and calling them up on the readout. I happen to like the EasyDCC but I am sure there are NCE users who will point out why their system is the best one. The guys at CVP are easy to talk to and will happily walk you through any problems you might have. Guy
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