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MPD218 or Oxygen Pro Mini

I'm looking to get more into recording ideas (mostly guitar based stuff) and would like a way to tap in my own drum parts. My first thought was to get a midi pad controller like the MPD218, but now I'm leaning towards getting a small all in one like the Oxygen Pro Mini. I have a Juno Di which has a MIDI controller mode, so I don't necessarily need the keys. However it's not exactly small and a pad along with that is going to take up more space. The Oxygen Pro Mini would be more compact all in one, but it wouldn't have as many pads or keys. It would probably be easier to get everything up and the additional software bundles would be nice as well. Any thoughts?

Current setup incase that matters: Win 10>2i4>Reaper