^the length. i feel that 16.5 works best for me, plus anything .580 and below, i feel comfortable with. i'm currently interchanging vater gospel fusion, vater extreme design 5A, and the vic firth mike terrana model. both of the vaters are .580 in diameter while the VF is .560, iirc. when i want to play hard, i use the XD 5A's, kapag medyo medium volume lang na paluan, i use the fusions. the rounded tip of the fusions, i noticed, tend to dent the drumhead faster than acorn or oval tips.
i'm currently waiting for the vater brian frasier-moore models that i ordered through reims. same length but a bit thinner at .565. i also ordered pro mark intruders, pero off topic na yun.
ang napansin ko lang sa vater, hindi consistent ang bigat ng same model of sticks. i have 3 pairs of the gospel fusion and hindi lahat sila pare-pareho ng bigat.