Good and bad is relevant to what you feel is good and bad.
It does as much or more than all my past detectors (see my signature). It is fast in recovery rate like my Fishers. It is a 8"-9" depth detector on coins. It picks up a soup can at 16" if you relic hunt. Rather than lighting up a segment, it works with a 43 segment arc that acts more like a meter and makes for finer discrimination/notching. Yet if one of the 43 segments is activated, it shows the segment ID in word below it. (Iron, Alum, tab, etc.) The numeric ID shares the same range as Teknetics. It is very light.
By bad, you may not like:
It has no backlight.
It is light by design. That is to say it has a two rod system. But the lock collar works well to eliminate a feeling of looseness. It is pure digital, so the head with one 9v battery doesn't appear to weigh much. The face is monoplaner buttons that seem to be more rain resistent, but not so thin like the F5 to get scratched easily.
The coil is the cheaper built 11" DD with the smaller wire and it plugs in.
From what I gather from others in the past, it does not "feel" like a professional detector. Built cheaper with plastic.
My opinion is that I am not into the feel as much as the action it provides. It's light but doesn't appear like it's going to break. If you use your detector to move large rocks and tangled brush, you may not want a LRP. I just like finding metal up to 8" under the ground, and it is great for me, with all it's options. But then again, I'm not impressed by the guy that shows up to hunt with 9 detectors, all in the $1000 range.
It's like the guy who shows up to a business meeting in a T Shirt. It may not look good, but provides what's really important.
