Manual valve body W/O engine braking?

ACME SS said
OK so now I understand the low band apply will engine brake in all 3 gears and NLBA only in 2-3.
I guess my question now is how does this differ from a full automatic? I'm picturing the car not really coasting with a manual valve body, is that the case? I have driven many many miles with a manual transmission and as you coast up to a stop sign or whatever it is nice to just drop it into neutral. On a reverse manual valve body, that would not be possible since 2 and 1 are in between. I may rethink this whole idea. Granted a forward would work but I would never trust my column shifter to not drop into R. I would definately want to replace it with something a little safer in that case.

There is not really engine braking in third gear because of how the transmissions work. The torque converter uncouples quickly when slowing down in third at road speeds, so it feels like a regular automatic coming to a stop and engine stays running. Then just remember to shift down through second and back into first.

When people say it’s like driving a manual it is misleading. Yes you must select the gear you want every time, but it will never stall coming to a stop.

I run the Cheetah with no low band apply on the streets. Once you get used to it, you’ll know when to downshift before a stop without it engine braking really hard and annoying if you go with low band apply.