Cisco AireOS WLC: When could it be worth to go with 8.10?

Hi

We've finally migrated from a single WLC 2504 to a 3504 (soon to be in HA mode with a second 3504) end of last year. (Unfortunately the decision to go with 3504 was made just months before the IOS-XE based new WLCs were released)

I'm currently runing AireOS 8.5.160 with 1850i's (in local mode, so 8.5.160 is OK, no FlexConnect) and have checked out Ciscos's "TAC Recommended AireOS Builds" where 8.5 is still *the* recommended base version. However 8.10 brings WPA3 support and has some other nice additions, yet I hear that there are usually valid reasons as to why one should not run the bleeding edge release branch unless there are valid reasons to do so.

I've been tossed into Cisco WLCs end of last years so I don't have longterm experience with Cisco WLCs to judge how reliable Cisco's release process is on AireOS. When do you people usually upgrade to a newer release branch and how have the experiences been on AireOS 8.10 so far for those who are already using it?