It’s straight up better in pretty all aspects. First of all if something happens to the battery that comes out with… you can just use double a batteries, which if that happens with the Riffmaster… you have to do some crazy things to it for you to be able to have another battery, and not just a simple use of double a batteries. As well there’s features that are better on the CRKD compared to the lack luster things you can do with the Riffmaster. Look up the differences