Hi Alexis, good to have another team member
That makes 12 of us now :O
I echo the others though. I would really reccomend getting a second hand tourney marker. I was the same as you to begin with, wanting something that looked a bit more military and something that you can tinker with and upgrade.
I soon found that I just couldn't keep up on the field with it, and that you have to do enough tinkering to get sick of tinkering with an electro anyway! Haha.
I would suggest coming to the next walk on. You can use my A5 on the day, then I am sure someone will have a spare tourney marker you can use for a game. You will see the difference and can make up your mind without any regrets.