I recently bought the bachmann e-z command and i must say I really like it. The people at the hobby store tried to steer me away from it and towards a zephyr but for what i needed i thought the e-z command was the way to go. It was the simpliest thing i ever used , took it out of the box, plugged it in, and followed the programming instructions and within minutes i was in operation. For someone with limited train experience i was impressed with its useability and i would have no problems recommending it to some one in my situation!!!!