700's are great if your riding on the trails and woods, the torque is hard to beat.. they can be lugged a couple gears higher than another quad and pull fine, they actually run better when u short shift them and let the torque pull you. they are great quads, but are top heavy and very high up to me, they have an uncomfortable position stock, and NEED higher bars first and foremost, and then they need to be widened out to handle a little better , after that, they are pretty nice and comfortable
a banshee is a banshee..thats about all u can say haha.. they are very comfortable to ride and very reliable machines, i would really ride one first if i were you,,, you cant compare them to a blaster, its not just a faster blaster, but they arnt for everyone, they take a bit more effort to ride hard and like any bike need some improvements , higher bars, wider arms and axle aree a must and real shocks being the most important thing, add a set of pipes, some proper jetting and its a new bike, you should really ride one first though, its basically 100% the total opposite of a raptor 700, in every sense, both are fun and both are great bikes, just 2 totally different animals
and dont rule out the raptor 660, they are fun too, you can buy them DIRT cheap now, more than any quad though, the 660 really really nEEDS wider arms and axle right away, they are VERY narrow and top heavy, widen it out, higher bars, fun bike