Congrats, Chris! I paid for mine Thursday and it arrived yesterday, too. I went through the list just as you did and nearly bought the SBIG, but the better cooling and the filter deal is what brought me back to the QHY9.
Can't wait to learn to use it properly. Are you going to use darks? At -20*C, its pretty noise free, but a few hot pixels. I'm just experimenting now. It certainly is a good package.
