Hope Mono Minis on current bike are brilliant, set up and forget, look great. Very slightly underpowered for biggish blokes on big Scottish/alpine descents
XT's on previous bike good but rather soft lever feel for me, and more sticky piston problems than the Hopes.
Hayes Stroker on a demo bike were the worst I've ever used - totally on/off
Reckon you can't go wrong with Hope or Shimano, Avids seem to have quite a few problems, Hayes rubbish, Formula good but too few out there to tell
Hope Mono Minis on current bike are brilliant, set up and forget, look great. Very slightly underpowered for biggish blokes on big Scottish/alpine descents
XT's on previous bike good but rather soft lever feel for me, and more sticky piston problems than the Hopes.
Hayes Stroker on a demo bike were the worst I've ever used - totally on/off
Reckon you can't go wrong with Hope or Shimano, Avids seem to have quite a few problems, Hayes rubbish, Formula good but too few out there to tell
I agree with the little clip on the mono minis - but I never really had to change pads very often so teh little clips wern't and issue. I did have an issue with the "fiddleyness" when installing the pads on Juicy's - That retaining clip was crap ond often deformed and getting the pads over the pegs on teh pistons was just plain annoying compared with replacing them on Shims, Alixiers and hopes for the record 
as always there are as many opinions as there are peeps so I'll offer mine
for 2-300 quid I'd go with Avid CR Carbons
that said there's nowt wrong with XT/XTR, got some of them too but I prefer the lever feel on the elixirs and I think braking power is greater overall, but they're on very different bikes.
for a bit more cash (or if you can find a deal); SRAM XX (basically pimped Elixirs) and Formula The One seem to head the league tables
I have nothing against Hope but never used them. They are the best looking of the lot though.
I have spent a lot of money on top of the line disks over the years (most recent Juicy Ultimates, Marta SLs), but I have reverted to BB7s.
Light enough and easily fixed at home. Just get decent cables, keep them clean and oiled and they work well for xc use.
If I ever get another hydraulic it will be XT/XTR because they seem to be the least hassle.
CaptainMainwaring - Member
Hope Mono Minis on current bike are brilliant, set up and forget, look great. Very slightly underpowered for biggish blokes on big Scottish/alpine descents
Agree but I found them to be way too underpowered on flat roads so wouldn't like to use them going down any hills 
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i've only tried avid juicy 7's and magura louise carbons
both have been low maintenance and give lots of stopping power
I've got Avid juicy 5's and Magura Julies. The Avids work ok but they need to be bled every couple of months to keep them feeling crisp. I've only had the Maguras since December so couldn't really comment yet.
Thanks all.
The virtual coin-toss seems to be coming up with shimano so far...
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