Pathway X2 Owners

By now, I would consider myself a bit of a grizzled veteran on the gamut of satellite TV options. Until recently, we were exclusively DirecTv. Dome, stationary, tripod, SWM...I've used them all. I even experimented with my own portable Trav'ler attached to a rolling sawbuck for portable HD but it was just way too big and bulky to be practical. This prompted us to add Dish last year and with that came our intro to the X2. As far as signal acquisition, it's takes about the same amount of time for X2 vs the old SD Carryout to lock in. I do find that Dish is much more succeptible to weather related signal loss vs DirecTv regardless of the type of dish used. I also can't get a Dish signal with the X2 at our hunting camp due to surrounding trees in a southerly direction and the low angle to the horizon even if I put it on the roof. Meanwhile, our DTV SWM pulls in a signal just fine mounted on a 5' pole. Even though I own some very expensive meters (DTV AIM and Sat Buddy) which allow me to set up any dish I choose very quickly, I prefer the ease and convenience of the domes. We are now running two X2's on the TT so the DW doesn't have to watch my sports channels and she can have full freedom of channel choice on "her" tv in the bedroom. We keep the DirecTv account solely for hunting camp now. The X2 is definitely the cream of the crop for portable automatic HD signal.