Never own the T-16000M, but played with people that do, they were all happy with it.
Nevertheless most have or are changing to VKB's tho to the feel and increased precision.
If you never had dualsticks you better off getting the T-16000M and see if you like to use dualstick, depending on how you treat them they'll last 2 to 4 years without any major problems (according to my mates) .