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Lasers are useful on front wheels. They are fine on rear wheels with stiff rims. 24 sapim race 290mm length spokes weigh in at 150g where as 28 lasers weight 133g. Not a massive saving but a 24 spoke wheel with race spokes is not really more reliable than a 28 spoke wheel with lasers.
Alpine 3 and sapim force spokes rock. Not much heavier than the comps or race but more fatigue resistant. I really like them.
Black spokes may not be worth the premium but onmy one in 10 people roughly ask for solver spokes it may be 1 n 15.