My understanding of SSR1, OSR2+ and SR6
SSR1 is designed to beat the Handy in all ways and due to how it’s designed and made, it’s all DIY which can be an doubled edged sword since you gotta source the parts yourself if you don’t find someone to pre-build it for you. (even then if something breaks, you gotta fix/replace it) Other downside is that it’s still in beta design state at most I believe so it could become better in the future with speeds it can reach and cost reductions while making the build itself smaller.
OSR2+/SR6 are the next steps up since instead of thing go up and down…it can go in a few more directions with the SR6 having the most directions available for scripting to. Their downsides are the same as SSR1 however their designs are complete so aside from better parts coming out over time, you won’t have to worry about a better version/design coming out. However one extra downside they have is the fact that they can move in more than one direction since well…you need then a funscript for each direction and that makes it harder to have them all work together in sync and so time is needed on a greater scale to do so.
There is an option with MultiFun Player that makes those other directions move at random but due to it not being in sync with the movements of the directions if not restricted in some way, injury could occur especially if you haven’t setup their movement limitations correctly.
All of these do come with an increase in cost soo yeah…
My personal experience with SR6 from having an Handy
When the SR6 works, it’s very much worth it as an upgrade from the Handy with the Twist axis/direction of movement being the biggest change that made it worthwhile for me. That said adding more directions of movement haven’t been for everyone as people have had remorse and then sold theirs (same for OSR2+)
I’ve also rarely played scripts with the random movements turned on because there is an difference in how that all works together compared to when I have an full blown multi-axis script. That said I do have it turned on at times for when I have a slow-ish script going as it does then add an extra bit that can work though I don’t turn it on for all directions of movement (I often leave forward/back and left/right off) since some directions need other directions to really make the best of them otherwise they can be just be annoying.
One other big upside of these compared to the Handy is that they have an much better ability in terms of speed. They can easily go faster than the Handy depending on what servo’s are used in their build although the noise they make generally increases. Does mean it’s much easier for lube to dry up and just general friction related injuries can occur if you use too little lube/go too long/use only very fast scripts but as long as your listening to your body a bit and so take breaks you should be fine. (I’ve yet to have an injury from my SR6, close calls though due to slightly off device limits)
Now I have had to do two DIY repairs which one required a servo to be replaced (hardest of the two) and the other was replacing the top arms, both required myself to open up the device fully. Despite that I got them done pretty easily however I have prior experience via taking an IT course with doing computer rebuilds being a part of it that I have continued to do on my personal computer to save money. (Why pay someone else to install an new graphics card or hard drive when you can do it yourself?)
An bit I’m still figuring out is getting it so it is plug in and go as with the Handy since if you do take it fully apart from the mount between sessions then it’s extra work to get it back on again. So the best I’ve found is to just have the SR6 in such a state where I slide it back onto my desk’s edge, tighten it down, plug in cables and well then pull up software and go. Slightly more steps than the Handy but nothing big for a desk setup. I’ve not yet worked out an setup for it where I can be more reclined like laying down as in my view that’s just something I don’t see much difference of having. (Even if you add in VR since I can also do that with my desk setup)
To end off…I would say to anyone that’s wanted extra directions of movement or just the sleeve to twist around, just do something more than up and down then totally go ahead and look at getting an OSR2+/SR6 as well fun fact, you can take the parts from either one to make the other. So if you want more directions of movement than what the OSR2+ provides, don’t sell it just use most of it to make an SR6.
If those extra directions of movement are not for you then avoid these two devices. Same for if you are afraid of doing some DIY repair works and don’t have someone else whom you can trust to do the job and not ask questions. This also kinda goes with having patience since if you can’t deal with a few more steps to set it up and instead want to just sit down and go like the Handy or well your Hands then yeah also not for you.
Hope this helps.