Deciding if the V3i is for you is something only you can answer. The V is full of things to adjust. (Many, many things just don't need to be fiddled with for a long time in a persons learning curve and once you've learned just a bit, nice/difficult finds come to keep you enticed.) There is only a group of "core" things, that need learned soon, and most of these "things", you'd be learning no matter what new box you have in your hands.
Keep in mind.......this box becomes something that "clicks" in stages with you, and once you get a couple of those under your belt.....you realize the path IS a super enjoyable experience and think "Look what I just created for myself...and now I can use it for this and this and this..... I like what's happening!
I'm busy, don't get out as much as I would like too, and after two years would only rate myself at a high/intermediate level. Still.....I really enjoy being able to go out and have a situation pop up, have a good idea on which settings will improve it for me, max my machine to it (Know it's at least in a higher percentile of what it can be.) and find things that "don't want to be found". I like where I'm at with all this.....and looking back, have always liked where I was at. (This is the one thing that all the folks here share.) In a nutshell, patience doesn't only deliver rewards at the end....but with every step of the way.
If none of this sounds like how you approach things....this box is not for you. Scott
