Very surprised to hear that someone rates Formula over the Hope. The build quality of the K24s is really poor, never seen one working properly. Seen so many faulty Formula brakes i wouldn't go near them.
Hope may have gained a reputation for their older sport models but now the build quality is second to none!
by the way read this article before making your mind up...:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/hope-technology-behind-the-scenes-30437
Very surprised to hear that someone rates Formula over the Hope. The build quality of the K24s is really poor, never seen one working properly. Seen so many faulty Formula brakes i wouldn't go near them.
Formula The One 
I used to have Hopes which were ok but these are in a different league. Superlight and stupidly powerful - anyone who has a go on my bike nearly goes over the bars and decides their brakes are rubbish in comparison.
They were embarrassingly spendy though 
I've got 4 sets of Oros, never had the slightest bit of bother from any of them... They're very well made, or at least the newer ones are, the old ones had a stupid point-of-failure in the lever span adjuster which is now replaced. (don't mistake machining for good build quality btw- proof of the pudding is in living with them). Ended up lending a set to someone at the hope endurance downhill who'd ironically had his V2s fail 
Though, some people do have trouble following the bleed instructions which leads to lots of problems.
I believe the SLXs are almost the same as the XTs, just missing one adjuster?
I just picked up a set off Rose with 180 rotors from Planet X (Rose were out of stock) for about £180. Initial impressions are very impressive but will see how they stand up to a muddy Relentless 24....
The SLXs stood up to Relentless very well. Didn't seem to be eating pads as quickly as other brakes were and always had plenty of power.
The one finger brake set up is fantastic, problem is I now want them on my other bikes too!
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