Simplifier vs Iridium vs UAFX for range of uses (cleans, indie/alt rock, classic metal) for DIing into a DAW and for live use into a PA

For those who have tried these pedalboard amps, I'm looking for a few opinions with my varied use-cases in mind as most posts I've read have quite a specific needs it seems. It feels like I've read just about every thread on this subreddit about pedalboard amps and I think I'm hovering between the Iridium and Simplifier DLX although I do have some emphasis on versatility.

Some of the tones I'd like to get in the ballpark of:

  • I like to make quite clean layered loops of ambience with delay and reverb so a non-harsh round clean tone would be nice for this.
  • Frusciante-esque Chili Peppers tone.
  • Smashing Pumpkins (As seen below, I have the op-amp big muff).
  • Megadeth/Metallica era classic thrash metal tones.

So I'm not trying to get perfect versions of any of these, I'm aware most are achieved with multi-tracking using vintage gear and achieving them with a £3-400 pedal is unreasonable. The main reason I lists these is because of some of the following complaints I have heard regarding various pedalboard amps:

  • not getting clean enough (I've seen this said of the Simplifier).
  • not taking fuzz well (I've seen this said of a few of them).
  • not getting distorted enough and not taking high gain pedals well (This has been said of the Walrus ACS1 and Iridium).

The Iridium I think has the most polarising views and I've heard demos that sound bad and some that sound good on youtube. Interestingly though, I've seen people say they sent back the simplifier and are happier with the Iridium and vice versa, which makes sense, obviously there's personal preference here. I'm willing to try different IRs with the Iridium, that wouldn't be an issue. I have a pedalboard already that I would like to add this to containing:

  • TC Flashback 2
  • TC Hall of Fame 2
  • Electro Harmonix Op Amp Big Muff
  • TC Spark mini
  • Boss DS-1 (I have some issues with it's bypass so it often doesn't live on the board)

Use case would be mainly for recording to PC, I currently use Neural DSP Plini for this but my PC seems to get really hot when running plugins and struggles to run anything else alongside. I also think forcing myself to record with the tone baked in would be better for forcing me to commit. I do like physical knobs and hardware too plus I'm playing a very small gig soon without a backline and would prefer to take a pedalboard than trying to get my laptop involved.

Headphone output doesn't matter too much, I have an interface.

So I guess the question is, should I reconsider any other options? Are there any tones that wouldn't be achievable with either? Does either take pedals better than the other? I have this feeling that a lot of people have the Iridium because Strymon are such a loved and popular brand and it may be the popular choice but not necessarily the best choice. But then some people swear by it.

I was going to post this in "no stupid questions" but my comment got so long that I thought I'd better not post it in there.