Reply to VCI-380 vs VCI-400 EGE

VCI-380 vs VCI-400 EGE
So folks, I'm finally going to pop my suggestions post cherry here. I'm in the process of offloading my Novation Twitch in order to upgrade to one of the following:

VCI-380
VCI-400 EGE w/ Kontrol F1

Now, mind you these DJ controllers are not my only DJ set ups but they will essentially act as my travel gear (I have a classic Technics + Rane and Dicers set up already, but that set up very obviously does not leave my home for obvious reasons). With that out of the way, which would be the better option here? Should I stick with Itch and keep the very useful Slicer mode and gain the new Pad FX feature with the VCI-380 (but sadly I will no longer have the Fader FX feature from the Twitch) but then be very limited in regards to launching samples (darn you Serato and making us STILL waiting for Bridge to come to Itch!) or should I forego the Slicer (somewhat forego the Slicer mode, the VCI-400 EGE has a Slicer-like mode but it's not quite as good as the implementation in Itch) mode but gain all the daisy-chaining FX capability and a good Fader FX alternative with the jogwheel FX in Traktor 2.5.

I mean, quite honestly, when playing out, going all out controllerist crazy isn't really going to happen all that often nor do I actually need 4 decks but I can see the Remix Decks coming into good use and being far more useful than the SP-6 sampler in Itch (plus it appears that I have the ability to use filters on the samples for the Remix Deck in TP2.5 with the F1, SP-6 is unfortunately lacking that and one needs to settle with the limiting Master FX unit of Itch). What do you all believe? I mean, both controllers costs pretty much the same thing and all. Another drawback I am also factoring in with VCI-400 is the apparently poor jogwheel support in TP which is only really solved if I went with the S2 or S4 but the S2/S4 I am really not feeling at the moment.
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