Ah what a predictable thread.
Some quite well known members on here have recently done some shonky deals with popular ECU's, two spring to mind involving PFC's. Its wrong to write an ECU off the list because someone says anything remotely negative about them (and just so happen to NOT be sponsored by that brand, or have a different one currently for sale.
At the end of the day, its up to your tuner. Use whatever he feels confident in giving you the best result from your setup.
It is smart though to think long and hard about what you'll use in the future (motor changes, turbo changes, gearbox changes etc) and get something that caters to those needs, eg if you're getting a dogbox in the future you may aswel get an ECU that supports flatshift for example
There is NOTHING wrong with a microtech. My guy tuned it up in 45mins flat, did the AC idle up, cold start etc, and got a nice result which was nice and drivable.
Of course its not as good as a vipec, afterall, nothing is (note the extreme use of sarcasm in this line).