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I got this one a few days ago, OUMO Exceed Vitality with a 30mm SHD 5G SYN bulb knot. Brush nr 3 - not because I needed it but because of the remarkable design and colour - next to a YAQI Atlantis Synthetic and the Connaught/Omega boar.
The indent in the handle makes for a very comfortable hold. I'm not too sure about the quality of the golden Chinese character, I guess it might come off even faster than the black coating of the Fatip Special Edition. It's slightly indented so it will stay visible, if just in the same green. (I'm not really too concerned about it.
Compared to the YAQI the knot feels slightly softer even (when dry) but with a lot more backbone. It feels like the tips are extremely soft and the hairs get considerably thicker towards the handle to provide the backbone. Whereas the tips of the YAQI are snow white, the tips of the OUMO are more beige. Not that it dwarves the YAQI, but still there's a very noticeable difference in size (42mm at the widest part, 32.5 at the indent, 62mm bottom to top (handle), 56mm high base-tip, 30mm base, 65mm widest diameter (knot) vs. 39, 27, 65.5 (handle), 54, 26, 53 (knot) respectively for the YAQI.
Compared to the Omega, it's 1000x softer of course with similar backbone. However when lathering up, even the boar feels soft
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Lathering up (I stick to face lathering...) works perfectly well, even though the sheer size of the brush might be considered slightly cumbersome to some. I never had any problems with lathering up with the YAQI or Omega either.
The indent in the handle makes for a very comfortable hold. I'm not too sure about the quality of the golden Chinese character, I guess it might come off even faster than the black coating of the Fatip Special Edition. It's slightly indented so it will stay visible, if just in the same green. (I'm not really too concerned about it.
Compared to the YAQI the knot feels slightly softer even (when dry) but with a lot more backbone. It feels like the tips are extremely soft and the hairs get considerably thicker towards the handle to provide the backbone. Whereas the tips of the YAQI are snow white, the tips of the OUMO are more beige. Not that it dwarves the YAQI, but still there's a very noticeable difference in size (42mm at the widest part, 32.5 at the indent, 62mm bottom to top (handle), 56mm high base-tip, 30mm base, 65mm widest diameter (knot) vs. 39, 27, 65.5 (handle), 54, 26, 53 (knot) respectively for the YAQI.
Compared to the Omega, it's 1000x softer of course with similar backbone. However when lathering up, even the boar feels soft
Lathering up (I stick to face lathering...) works perfectly well, even though the sheer size of the brush might be considered slightly cumbersome to some. I never had any problems with lathering up with the YAQI or Omega either.
In the future, I would hesitate to order another 30mm knot brush. The extra few mm do not add anything to the practicality/comfort of the brush.