Sonic Shifter vs. Super Shifter

[Pault]

There are some nice improvements in there. I was a bit underwhelmed, but the supershifter is a such great product already, so I really couldn't ask for much more.

It's nice that its lighter, but I think it only shed .2lb, so that won't make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things.

The CADer side of me loves that the output shaft is centered, but the normal* side of me is thinking more along the lines of "meh".

I do like that the sides are open now. Could make it easy to apply more grease and do other maintenance, plus I think I see potential for a PTO (although teams who can do a PTO are probably more likely to just make their own gearboxes).

The additional gear ratios was a much needed improvement. It annoyed me that I actually had to use chain to speed up the drivetrain, rather than slowing it down like with most gearboxes. Now I can just get a lower ratio version and slow it down like normal. It could even be used for direct drive if teams wanted to. My biggest complaint is that they didn't add an option to get less of a spread between low and high gear. This year my team did 6fps and 15.38fps, and although it worked out for ultimate ascent, I'm not sure that I would like such a big difference in speeds for most other games.

*The term normal is relative to CADer side of me. When compared to the rest of society, there is no normal side of me.