I have not seen it in person so I can only judge from the pictures....and I looked at a lot since I was having to make a decision about it. I was offered the 30th anniversary onyx and turned it down for the reasons I mentioned above. Some of the design features I was not crazy about and I just could not warm to the Onyx version and so decided to turn it down. Hard to justify that sort of expense if I am trying to convince myself to love it, hence my decision.