Well after being reasonably pleased with my ts120a I thought I'd give the ts160a a go in my new 2wd buggy (plus from a price perspective there isn't much between them.
first challenge I had Was That I could not get the progbox to connect (as mentioned here). Through a bunch of fiddling, a lot of good luck and something im not exacrly sure about i did finally get it connected via pc which allowed me to upgrade the prog box firmware and it now seems to connect. It now seems to connect as expected though I must admit the naming of options could be done a little clearer for a better user experience.
Will be giving it a run soon and let you know how it goes.