Personally I think you'll regret going with the plastic Givi's very quickly, well at once you hit Africa and have a few spills. My preference is for soft panniers, but like you said, there are pro's and cons both ways. We've been using Mosko Moto's, Back Country 35's and love them. Forgot about the people spruiking security as an issue. Trust me it isn't, or at least 99.9% of the time it isn't. Aluminium cases are also easily broken into.
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