550ex or a Vivitar 285HV

okay so i bought a 550ex for 260. I'm thinking about returning it and getting a Vivitar 285HV. After playing with it and researching online seems that the only diff. between the two is that the 550ex can shoot in a high speed mode and has better full automatic. I think i could learn to shoot manually though. The high speed flash mode is really cool but i dont see myself using that too often. Is there anything else that makes the 550ex worth spending 200 bucks more on it?

550 = ettl (ie full auto)
285 = manual with some kind of old auto function

Keep the 550 unless you want to use manual flash every time, or mess with lots of settings. ETTL works well. And if you sell the 550 PM me I wouldn't mind another.

haha i would jsut return it tim. IT was kind of surp of the moment kind of thing. and then i was like **** i just spent 260 on a flash. only had it a day. idk its a nice flash but a manual flash cant be that hard. and when you take the camera away from the flash it has to be set manually anyways right?

Yep, photographers used manual for years, and with practice you'll be fine with it. I would say 99.9% of my flash photography been on ETTL though, it's far quicker and easier.