I used to fly the 41 a few years ago and I spent about a year and a half flying it. It is noisy and a bit compact compared to what you would have been used to in the Dash but the 41 is nice to fly. I never had any problems with ice and I only needed to use the boots on a handful of occasions - if that. There are certainly far worse props out there that you could be flying!
Its short field performance is poor but it is quite quick though and until the Saab 2000 and the Dash 8 Q400 came along, the old 41 was perhaps one of the fastest turboprops around in the civilian airliner market.