Lifehacker did a nice review of a number of Alternative File Browsers
Here is the link:
http://lifehacker.com/5824811/the-best-alternative-file-browser-for-windows
Yes, it is three years old, but still a good source of information.
Items reviewed INCLUDE:
Xplorer2
Total Commander
CubicExplorer
Nomad.NET
FreeCommander

Also you might WANT check out :
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-free-replacements-for-windows-explorer/
But I don't yet know which is best for me.  How about you?
Ah yes Explorer alternatives. Is it that time of year already? Every couple of years I TRY some of this type of program out, then I uninstall them all again. The only one I bothered keeping is Explorer++ because it can show folder sizes in Details view, and it has a wildcard filter tool. It doesn't see much use. Either they last about 2 minutes, because they are so annoying, or I give them a try until a crash or freeze occurs, or I find that they can't do something that Windows Explorer can. An issue with these programs is that they are usually the effort of one person, and they generally include all the geeky-nerd gee-whiz type features that a 15 year old working in his MOM's basement thinks are cool. Quite often what you get is really a beta - some of those in Geek-9PM's LISTS have not been developed for years. They tend to have features that I want like access to network drives or my Android phone "coming soon" (the guy wrote in 2012, and nothing but a deafening silence since then).

By the way, Geek, on the topic of fonts, if CAPITALS are the equivalent of SHOUTING, then your frequent use of italics is rather like whining in my ear, and equally annoying. Quote

... the geeky-nerd gee-whiz type features that a 15 year old working in his mom's basement thinks are cool...

I've been using Directory Opus for years. It's expensive and for 99.9% of us it's overkill, but it has everything anyone could ever want in a file manager - and more.