Well it looks like I should be getting the Kemper soon. In about a month. I haven't found many financing options that are more than 6 months so I have to wait for cash and should have it in a month or so.
In my constant research of new products and comparisons to existing products I find the same theme. Kemper has the best recreation of tube amps, but the effects and routing options are just ok. To me the recreation of the amp is the most important. I can see why people are drawn to the Helix, but more features on top of adequate amp models isn't where I want to start. I realize that the Kemper may not have the best effects (especially reverb, apparently) and doesn't have all of the routing options of the others, but I could use outboard effects if needed and Kemper is constantly improving and I'm not sure I would need more routing options than what is already available.