Yeah, deffo try before you buy.
both me and the lad used to use Acoms Techniplus 4 channel sticks for our trucks, being multi channel helped with the lights, sounds etc. and back in the day i used to race with a set of Acoms Techniplus 27mhz radio, it was the one with the chrome front. Then got seduced by a wheel transmitter when the first Traxxas Slash was released, since then it’s always been like that since. Even our trucks run on a wheel transmitter now too.
It’s all down to which you feel more comfortable with in hand, gripping a transmitter constantly for 5 min heats, is as important too.