[IndySam]

Originally Posted by R.C.

The reason a lot of say the manifold is better is because:

-One Central Spot for wiring Absolutly
-One Central Spot for turning off and on solenoids manually. True, but not nessasaraly an advantage, it's easy for me to know which solenoid powers which cylinder because it's mounted near it or even on it
-One airline to power all x amount of solenoids, this year we used 6. So it reduced the amount of air by 5 lines. remote mounted solenoids use much less hose, generally
-Its not messy, as I don't have to deal with solenoids in 6 or more spots. true but there is more mess created by running twice as many hoses
-Also you can blank off spots your not using for around $2-4 bucks and add solenoids super easy. This year we thought we were using 6 solenoids, so we bought the 8 guy adding solenoids is a also a piece of cake with remote mounted valves.

Overall we really like the SMC Manifold.

-RC

The simple fact that I will use much less air by mounting remotely is enough reason for me to use remote mounted solenoids. Energy consumption is very important.