The Guys on this website, have proberly, just like myself, owned most of the Echo machines available, and quite a few, not available anymore.
What you have to decide is : are you looking for sound, or easy to use, or maybe both.
Among other Things I have the catalinbread echorec, and what it delivers is a very good, dynamic and clear guitar sound.
But you have to dial your way through it, but if you take advice from this site, you will soon now that using the program 9-10-11-12 will make you happy.
Or if that is to much maybe 9-10 or 10-12 depending on the sound you want.
All the programmed echoes are good, as most programmes come from the same competent source, or from other very skilled peoble.
As modern effect processors are of great quality, you will end up with a good result.
If you play in a band, or any live performance, you will proberly find youself ending with floorbased preprogrammed stuff, likely to be in a board/pedaltrain with other handy effects.
That is my own situation.
Right now I have the magicstomp, the catalinbread, and even and ESE echomatic IV ( not my own)
I used to have Boss - Amtech age one - Amtech age pro - Atlantis 1 limited - Alesis Q2.
But for live Work, I have a board.
That is TC tuner - Boss EQ - T Rex Compressor -T Rex Boost and overdrive - and a zoom g3 with halls Echo.
The Echo unit used to be a magicstomp, but it broke Down, an even though I have a new one, I kept the zoom because sound is good,and the unit is deadquiet. and it is very easy to sort the echoes or even edit them.
Anyway find what suit you best, and spend the Money getting the right gear.
The Guys on this site, would proberly all be wealthy, had they bought the right gear from the start, and so would I.
regards
Niels