@Landsteiner posted:" Anyone buy and run LionChief?"
LionChief comes in two flavors now. One is LionChief, mostly in sets and locos have no speed control, modest fidelity sounds, but very inexpensive compared with Legacy or RailKing/Premier locos. Will not operate in conventional mode. Much more reliable command control (LionChief, Bluetooth) than RailKing/Premier in my experience but without the features, higher quality motors, scale detail of those products from MTH or Legacy from Lionel. Typical set is $200-300 and typical separate sale loco is around $200. The second flavor now is LionChief + 2.0, which is the successor to LionChief +. These are the current separate sale higher quality locos that operate in LionChief, Bluetooth, conventional, TMCC/Legacy modes. They are more robust, have better scale detail, better sounds and are less costly than the higher end Legacy locos. Roughly equivalent in pricing and quality to the RailKing line but with some differences. Less scale detail on some models, some are not so inexpensive, but likely more solid command control. LionChief + 2.0 and LionChief + operation is very simple and reliable, but without some of the operating bells and whistles of PS3 or Legacy locos.
I agree 100% with this response.
