i think lockouts are great but a remote lockout isn't required for me, ive test rode them and its pretty neat to lock them out on the fly, and you can fine tune it pretty easily to just be locked out enough to help bumps but not hurt efficiency, like if you're on a rocky descent then an immediate sharp uphill grade you could go from squishy to hard without stopping (no innuendo intended) but without a remote lockout i'll stop at the top of the hill before the descent and set it accordingly and continue. however... if i had a fork capable of remote lockout and had the cable and doodad to install i'd go ahead and do it. but shopping for a fork its not really a major selling point for me. that fox air fork with the remote height adjustment would be cooler.