Thank you Ron!
No Sir your replay was not long-winded at all, it was very informative, thank you
Some thoughts
- I agree battery is the way to go, they both work well with battery
- As far as sounds go, it seems they are close enough to say it's a personal preference
- ease of installation is a tie
- Quality, nothing to differentiate them
- Cost, depending on how may you need to convert can tilt it in one direction or the other
- Handheld could be a personal preference ie the knob on RailPro vs BlueRail
- I can use a BlueRail board to control other items on my layout, it looks like I can I do that with a RailPro board, but I believe I need to use their free download software, which I believe is only a Windows app, so if you are on a Mac, you are out of luck
So it seems it will come down to:
- Compare Functions/Features: Which one does/doesn't what (would be great to see a side by side comparison)
- Interface ease of use ie how easy is it to do what I want to do
My personal thoughts/questions
BlueRail is Bluetooth, RailPro is a proprietary "Direct Radio + Net", any pros/cons? I can see the comparison listed on the RailPro site, but not sure how objective it is
The RailPro Controller is also proprietary, For me, I kinda like the idea of using the iPad large screen to navigate through the menus.
Also, according to the last BlueRail Newsletter email, we should be seeing a major announcement of a new product VERRY Soon. Depending on what it s it could be a game-changer
Ron, thank you again for taking the time to share this information with the rest of us, I look forward to your progress reports as you play with the RailPro system more and more.