I've used both Blue gear and BB alu rough, and I do prefer the Blue gear. Compared with bb alu rough, blue gear is More comfortable, spin production is solid and the price is really rightright. It seems some of people prefer big ace to blue gear, but I would still give the nod to blue gear. I just find it to be a little more comfortable. One final input is my son, he's used bb alu rough for the last 8 months and i just switched him over to a big ace hybrid and he's not wild about the switch. Hopefully he'll see the light, but I think the alu rough might have a bit more pop and he misses that. I personally feel i get more control with blue gear and I really can't imagine going back to the bb alu, it's a good product but i really prefer the pro supex strings even when not considering cost. I would try both big ace and blue gear and see which one you like. They are both really good strings.