The Q400 is my favourite among many aircraft.
Jesus Christ man! You must have flown a lot of crap then.
Once you get to know the Q400 it is a very nice aircraft to fly. The engines are superb and you never have to worry about performance, whether you are on one or two engines.
If You are lucky and don't get AOG it's nice and stable to hand fly, I'll give you that. Loads of performance yes, until you have to use that stupid icing switch. Whenever we went into LCY in wet or icing conditions we had to leave pax behind.
It's the biggest pile of **** ever designed and I can't wait to get to fly something else.