I went for the Hermod, because I wanted to have a sequencer in the rack so it could be ‘standalone’ when not used with the OT. It works well for this.
Would I make the same choice again?
hmm, possibly but its pretty big IF you don’t use the sequencer that often.
I use the 4 cv inputs much more than I expected, even fun for cv->midi.
I looked at the FH-2, pretty expensive esp. as you need to start adding more modules to get 8 CV/gate pairs… but the expandability is also a strength.
Shuttle, I liked the look of a lot . Ive been tempted a few times to grab one.
Poly 2 , on paper its excellent, but I saw quite a few unhappy users on MW, saying it was unreliable … you never know how big an issue this really is, but it put me off.
(esp. as Polyend do not put out a lot of firmware updates for their modules - so these issue may never be fixed)
EDIT: and just as I type this… @wormhole says, his poly 2 is great … just goes to show YMMV