I have used the Zoom h5s for what must be 12 years roughly now, I got it when it first came out and it was like a dream come true, it feels like a LONG long time since I got it. I have owned about 4 of them over the years and the only dissatisfying time was when the coating turned to sticky mess but it cleans off with isopropyl alcohol with some patience and mess. They have been so versatile as well, I have used them for outdoor recording with the XY mic, I have used them for indoor tabletop recording with the XY for talking videos and also purely as a recorder and power source for XLR mics.
Yesterday I decided to finally upgrade my studio, I got a Zoom H6! I am buzzing as I cant wait to be able to try out 4 mics via XLR on it eventually and it will mean moving equipment around a whole lot less for me.
Im unsure if there are any massive differences between the H6 and the H5, is there anything obvious other than the extra XLR ports? Is the setup just as easy?