Shock upgrade bandit vs stock

To the guys with bandit shocks or any gas shock upgrade is it like night and day ride and feel wise? I’m thinking of buying a set of bandit piggy backs this week for my 900 trail. Kind of tired of the stock shocks and the popping noises the front makes . I here that has shocks with really make the machine ride much better but I want to here from you guys that have compared them with stock. Thx