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I have Shimano cable disc brakes on 1 bike and juintech r1 on an another. Both excellent! Really cannot be bothered with the faff and cost of moving to hydraulic (I'm still running 10spd so it's 2 whole new groupsets)
The shimanos are v powerful and I've toured tens of thousand of miles on them without a hitch. The juintech are a bit softer and super easy to adjust the pads in as they wear. The hydraulics mean the pads self centre but don't adjust inwards for wear - there's a little knob for that.
The shimanos take 3 different Allen keys to setup and adjust... 🤬