Hi Andre. Big big questions and I’m not realy qualified to answer any of them I can only speak of my Equinox 600.
Dragonsbreath has a Multi Kruizer. He seems very happy with it and would willingly give you his opinion of it. Not one I’ve used, so can’t help with that one.
The Equinox 800 . well, there you have a completely different beast. I can only quote from the discussions I’ve seen somewhere else. It’s definately not a switch on and go machine. It’s complicated to get used to, till the penny drops, so to speak. But once you get to grips with what it is capable of, you probably won’t ever want to use anything else. In many ways the two Equinenox’s are the same, though the 800, of course has more features. I’ll send you a P.M. relating to those.
My 600, as already said, is almost the same and it took my a while to sort out how to get the correct settings for U.K. detecting and get rid of ‘the iron problem’ easy, once you know how but a lot for my old brain to cope with. I think the settings have been well sorted now for both machines. (We could do with a user manual specially for the U.K.) the build quality has been critisized and one or two have had minor problems. As there’s still a waiting list, if you should be unlucky enough to have a problem, you can’t just send it back and get a replacement next day. Extra coils is a complaint as well. There aren’t any, not over here. I believe two different ones are available in the USA. Extremely expensive ! Worth mentioning, the Equinox has a built in transmitter. No problem with Bluetooth if you want pods.
The Deus still seems to be a main contender. I had one but never realy got on with it. Like you I hated the tones. Although I have to admit I found some good things with it. The initial cost is, of course, much higher than either the Kruizer or the Equinox but there are extra coils available. Once again, very expensive.
You could really do with a trial run on each machine before you commit but not easy to organise.
Old saying, You pays your money, you takes you’re chance. If you think you’d be OK with the technology I’d say the Equinox but I’m biased