Avinox PR Carbon Pro vs Forbidden edruid (Avinox M2)

[sickysickybrah]

Planning to buy my first emtb this year (been riding a santa cruz tallboy 3 a long time now) and have honed in on the Avinox PR Carbon Pro and the Forbidden edruid. Hoping to get some opinions regarding ride and components. I personally don't care about the difference in M2 vs M2S motor, as I don't need the extra power (though increased efficiency would be beneficial if that is the case).

Amflow PR Carbon Pro: $6,800, Removable battery, Fox Float X Performance, Fox 36 Performance, SRAM S1000 eagle transmission, Magura Gustav Pro disk brakes.

Forbidden eDruid Tier 4: $7,800, fixed battery, Rockshox Lyrik, Rockshox Super Deluxe, SRAM Eagle 70, SRAM DB4 brakes

Forbidden edruid Tier 3: $8,900, Rockshox Lyrik Select+, ROckshox Super Deluxe Select+, SRAM Eagle 90, SRAM Maven Breaks

The removeable battery, cost savings and electronic transmission are pushing me towards amflow, but i keep reading that the forbidden rides amazing (I'm a heavier rider). I plan to try to demo the bikes if i can but may only get to do the analog druid.

Let me know what you guys think or whether I should add another bike into consideration (definitely want to stay below 10k and cheaper is better).

 

[Ribinrobin]

Planning to buy my first emtb this year (been riding a santa cruz tallboy 3 a long time now) and have honed in on the Avinox PR Carbon Pro and the Forbidden edruid. Hoping to get some opinions regarding ride and components. I personally don't care about the difference in M2 vs M2S motor, as I don't need the extra power (though increased efficiency would be beneficial if that is the case).

Amflow PR Carbon Pro: $6,800, Removable battery, Fox Float X Performance, Fox 36 Performance, SRAM S1000 eagle transmission, Magura Gustav Pro disk brakes.

Forbidden eDruid Tier 4: $7,800, fixed battery, Rockshox Lyrik, Rockshox Super Deluxe, SRAM Eagle 70, SRAM DB4 brakes

Forbidden edruid Tier 3: $8,900, Rockshox Lyrik Select+, ROckshox Super Deluxe Select+, SRAM Eagle 90, SRAM Maven Breaks

The removeable battery, cost savings and electronic transmission are pushing me towards amflow, but i keep reading that the forbidden rides amazing (I'm a heavier rider). I plan to try to demo the bikes if i can but may only get to do the analog druid.

Let me know what you guys think or whether I should add another bike into consideration (definitely want to stay below 10k and cheaper is better).

Might be able to help i had the previous amflow and now the druid (m1) core. Im 92kg, amflow was good never had any complaints on it, i just wanted to size down and i had a normal druid so the e druid really appealed to me.

The druid rides more "enduro" than the amflow but takes some getting use to as the geo is quite unique, the bike definetly isnt for everyone. The amflow is a safer bet unless you can test ride a druid e, but the druid e is the better bike imo especially if you ride quite hard/aggressive.

Being heavy also i went for the corE which isnt availble now as it had the zeb/vivid combo.