I had a lot of doubts about synthetic reeds. But after all comments I decide to give it a try. Maan, I was surprised how good this reed is. I work on cruise ship for years and I needed bright, juicy, powerful sound and I found it! Very easy to control. Easy to reach altissimo notes. Less dark jazzy sound like Dadario has, but you can get from this really really tasty sub-tones. I work on cruise ship and usually with this kind of gig I changed bamboo reed every week. This one started to “get tired” after 3 months playing every day!! Maan it’s a game changer! Will suggest it to everyone.