Anyone compared a Flint to a Fender Tre Verb?

JDEJDE Frets: 1092
Have had a couple of Flints in the past but have never been 100% on the reverb. The trem is good, but if I need to get a dedicated reverb pedal, I wouldn’t spend £250 on the Flint for it’s tremolo alone. Anyone tried the new Fender Tre Verb? Demos sound nice, but demos are demos....
Seen a bit of chatter about them online which either seem to be directed at the “philosophical” nature of copying the Flint (ie - it’s a reverb and tremolo in one pedal, therefor it’s a copy of the Flint) rather than, frustratingly, how it sounds compared to the Strymon; or what a large current draw it has, which is fine by me, I’ve got a 500ma slot going spare on my board. 
Fwiw, I would never use the plate reverb setting, and probably wouldn’t use the harmonic trem setting on the Fender - I never used the 80’s verb or harmonic trem on the Flint. 
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16253
    The Tre Verb is fairly new so I suppose not many people will have tried it yet.  
    Not what you asked but there are a few other alternatives that might be worth a look:
    The Source Audio True Spring gets nice reviews and you can fine tune it with the app ( it does have tremolo despite the name). 
    The Mr Black Deluxe Deluxe Plus is relatively simple. 
    And the recent Keeley combined reverb and tremolos, big one and little one. There is a little one for sale here:


    http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/154797/fs-keeley-eddie-heinzelman-verb-o-trem-90#latest
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  • JDEJDE Frets: 1092
    Cheers for that - I had one of the first Deluxe Plus’s when they came out. I really liked the sound of it, but want two foot switches, definitely. This would discount the mini Keeley and the True Spring. When I got my Deluxe Plus I thought for sure I could get by with one switch but it was too awkward, especially live. 

    Just seen Mr Black make a Deluxe Deluxe Plus with two switches, so this is in the running! The big Keeley looks a bit “much” for my simpleton brain, but if it sounds good, it sounds good. 
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  • PFAllen2PFAllen2 Frets: 236
    JDE said:
    ... but want two foot switches, definitely. This would discount the mini Keeley and the True Spring. 

    The True Spring can use an external foot switch to bypass the tremolo.
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