I prefer the BA instead of the SPPP. BA is softer yet still crisp. It has more power as well; I almost feel like it plays a little thicker than it is- the string bed is still quite firm and that's a positive for me. The SPPP is very control oriented and the power is down over the BA. It is not low powered but you do need to generate a bit of pace on your own. I like SPPP and got good spin off of it as well, but when playing with it, I didn't have that " ah-ha" feeling that THIS IS THE STRING FOR ME. One positive is that it makes a nice cracking sound when you nail the sweet spot and that's not to be underrated The 1.18 was really nice to start off with but after about a week of heavy hitting I cut them out as it started to feel a bit dead and the strings were moving around like crazy. I was using it as a hybrid with syn gut mains but the sppp moved around even more than usual. They are both class A strings and it's totally down to personal preference. Hope this helps a bit more. I was using them in a PDR btw at 55/57.