I can find 3 packages atm the 2 below and the one on the official site. The purple package has blue sponge, the silver on AliExpress has orange and the official site also has blue. Do they actually play any different?
Could you send a pic of which packaging STN3 you're talking about? The silver package or purple-ish? There are a lot of variants out there so it's quite confusing.
I bought it and had 2 sessions with it so far. I'm very impressed, for the price you get a lot of control for a carbon blade and seems perfect for intermediate players like myself.
Does it still feel soft and controllable though? I have a yasaka ma lin extra offensive and I hate how hard and stiff it feels, I know lots of people like that blade but for me the control is pretty bad.
How would you compare it to a 5 ply blade in terms of feel and softness? I've been playing for about 4 years and debating which cybershape to get, allround classic, pure or wood. I like the speed of my yasaka Sweden extra.