dg failure

My DG failed at the perfect time, on my IFR checkride. Luckily I passed it but we are now in the market of needing to replace or upgrade the DG. There’s a lot of info online but it’s almost overwhelming. Just wanted some opinions on what people recommend, keeping cost of course in mind. We have...

Thinking about vacuum system failure during IFR and a King AV80R that has been gathering dust in my closet - might be a good idea to start putting it on the yoke again just for instrument back up. And noticed that the King unit has the capability to Bluetooth to a Zaon XRX Traffic receiver. I...