I’ve got £1500 to spend.

I won’t be out 4 times a week, it’s more of a “if I get the chance bike’. I’ve got a CX and carbon road bike at moment and i’d like an MTB after not having one for a few years.

I’ve had a whole host of bikes in past and know the pro’s and con’s of this Vs that etc but i’m genuinely torn. I won’t be doing anything more extreme than a trail centre but comfort is a bit of an issue.

I like bouncy 29ers, but not getting them up hills.

I like HT’s on the way up, but not as much on the way down.

I’ve kind of rattled it down to either a Genesis High Lattitude 29er (like having a dropper thrown in )
or an Orange Crush (looks quite hardcore

or a Giant 27.5 3 bouncer (have a Giant road bike and think the quality is A1)

help me decide