Which Blade is 80% similar to Butterfly Sardius?

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Hi,
I am looking for a blade which would be very close to Butterfly Sardious, and found 3 blades.
1. Xiom Axelo
2. Xiom Strato
3. Donic Original Carbospeed

Anyone has played with any of these blades?
FYI: I use Medium pips on my backhand . Rakza Z on FH.
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All of the above are reasonable, I would start with the Carbospeed.
 
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Never used the Axelo or Strato, just Ignito. PC is relatively similar to Sardius but it is a bit thinner and has a smaller headsize. Carboseed has a large headsize but the hinoki outer is thinner than Sardius. The Ignito I used was a bit softer and slower than the PC I had at the time so it would make sense to me that the closest one to Sardius would be Axelo (the thickest Xiom PC-clone at 7.5mm) however the headshape of the Xiom blades is more egg shaped than Butterfly blades (a tad skinnier towards the top and wider towards the bottom)
 
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Never used the Axelo or Strato, just Ignito. PC is relatively similar to Sardius but it is a bit thinner and has a smaller headsize. Carboseed has a large headsize but the hinoki outer is thinner than Sardius. The Ignito I used was a bit softer and slower than the PC I had at the time so it would make sense to me that the closest one to Sardius would be Axelo (the thickest Xiom PC-clone at 7.5mm) however the headshape of the Xiom blades is more egg shaped than Butterfly blades (a tad skinnier towards the top and wider towards the bottom)
WOW, an amazing detailed insightful review. Seems like Xiom Axelo will be the closest.
 
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Never used the Axelo or Strato, just Ignito. PC is relatively similar to Sardius but it is a bit thinner and has a smaller headsize. Carboseed has a large headsize but the hinoki outer is thinner than Sardius. The Ignito I used was a bit softer and slower than the PC I had at the time so it would make sense to me that the closest one to Sardius would be Axelo (the thickest Xiom PC-clone at 7.5mm) however the headshape of the Xiom blades is more egg shaped than Butterfly blades (a tad skinnier towards the top and wider towards the bottom)
The Sardius because of its oversized head shape is IMHO a notch more controllable than the name and rep might advertise. Despite the technical differences, I would still go with the Carbospeed, but in the end, these are all personal choices and individual blades do have differences.
 
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