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@Oddo
Coming in late to the brake chat but I treated myself to some growtacs after I struggled to get Klampers at a reasonable price tag. I am using them with Paul levers and they are amazing. Best mechanical disc brakes I ever had (compared to Spyres and Juintech hybrids).
Comparing prices to Klampers you should also consider that the growtac come with really nice compressionless housing in the box. It might even be that housing that makes them feel really nice. I am usually using Jagwire compressionless housing which is so stiff that brakes sometimes feel very on/off binary. Paul even advice against compressionless housing with Klampers for that reason. The growtac housing interesingly has both, the traditional spiral around the housing but also the metal strands along the housing. Maybe its a bit more "compliant" that way?
Anyways TLDR : Growtacs well worth their money in my opinion. Good power, nice feathering, great looks, less chunky than Klampers.