After trying to make one myself and realizing it was going to take freakin' forever, I bought the Easypose whip, and I really like it. I have better results with it if I know exactly what I want it to do rather than trying to wing it (but hey, I get that with everything ^_~), but using the EP dials was a lot faster than having to go through and adjust every single segment to get it to do what I want. Caleb, if you're worried about the system, I'd go play with the EP tube. Oh, and also read the tutorials on Ajax's site; they help shed light on things.