After I tried the original dampener, I immediately bought 2 more. This time is the UltraSoft version. Honestly, I cannot feel nor hear the difference when i hit the ball. For some reason, i found that i had a little pain again on my wrist after the hitting session than using the original version that i had close to no pain. I need to try longer to see if there are some other factors which caused the pain. Anyway, i would still recommend this dampener cos it reduces my wrist pain.