Zone 3 Paragon Kiln ?

[Brian Stucker]

I'm looking into the Zone 3 Paragon kilns and the regular ones. What's the pros and cons to having the touchscreen controls vs the standard sentry controls? Does anybody have both? Thx

 

[DeadboxHero]

I like the touchscreen better, I use a lot of different steels and I'm constantly shuffling through protocols so its incredibly nice to fly through the program and adjust as needed or add new protocols.
I have an Evenheat Tap controller.
The Convenience is worth the upgrade for touch screen I feel, I should note that I keep my klin out of my dusty grinding area.

 

[Tenebr0s]

Does anyone on the forum have this kiln? I've been eyeing it lately. One of my concerns, though, is that it looks like the elements are directly exposed, unlike some of the other Paragon kilns? Not sure if this is actually the case, so I'm just going by the photos I've seen.