I have one of each. I love the banshee but I think I have had more fun on the blaster. I will abuse it in so many ways that I wouldn't my Banshee. There is nothing like big steep rocky mountians and a bunch of 4X4 bikes going slow and then me hauling ass up behind them. Oddly enough the only place I haven't made it through that the 4X4's did was about 2-3 feet of water. After it died I pushed it through, started it up and rode the rest of the day. By the way it is a 99, been stolen once and recovered, bent damn near everything on it in crashes. Been rode hard and put away wet and still on the original top end.