Quoted from chuckwurt:

Halos are closer to the feel of regular flippers but are still different.

Quoted from 1956PINHEAD:

jonesjb I just emailed you a set of the instructions.
ABE_FLIPS you can also install the kits and use the plastic OEM bushings, but you'll be giving up a key component of the system that dramatically improves shot accuracy. Also, as others have stated the HALO's can be tweaked to play very close to the same feel for dead bounce and live catches depending on the style and type of flipper rubber used. I can say with 100% confidence after installing you'll look forward to adjusting and experimenting with adjusting flipper angles, its super easy and painless. Oh, and you can change between styles easily too, but that's a given.

Quoted from punkin:

Don't buy it then.
It hasn't helped my substandard game so much i feel like I'm cheating (as all the other things you said are), that's for sure.

Quoted from punkin:

I've read all the comments in this thread, but i have the memory of a goldfish and don't remember what each person has said in the past.

Quoted from trecemaneras:

I haven't had mine on a very long time, but I think they're likely to make me a better player because for one, my whirlwind plays faster than it's ever played since I put them on.
Also, it's been touched on previously in this thread, but I suspect the improved accuracy is going to improve my play as well. I'll use the cellar shot on my whirlwind for an example. With the normal flipper setup, when shooting that shot from the right flipper, the exact center of the flipper was the most likely spot to successfully sink the ball in the scoop... but not always. There were plenty of times I'd flip with the exact right timing and it would brick to the right or left of the scoop. Additionally, there were just as many times where I'd know I flipped either way too early or way too late, but the slop in the system would luck the ball into the hole for me anyway. With the halos and precision bushings, that shot is now consistently 2/3's of the way down the flipper. If I flip early, it misses right, and if I flip late, it misses left. The range of where the ball can be on the flipper for a successful shot is really small now, whereas with the plastic flippers and bushings there was a range of well over half the width of a ball where that shot might well go in.
I think it's not so much that these new flippers give you flawless aim, it's more that they give you consistent precision. So, yes, on one hand it does make the game easier, in that you no longer get the surprise misses when you've shot with the correct timing, but I would guess that is more than balanced out by the fact that you also never get the false positives where a badly timed flip makes the shot anyway.
I'm definitely curious what more experienced players and people who've had precisions on their games longer think in comparison to what I'm seeing though.

Quoted from punkin:

I know English is not your first language Abe, but i have trouble understanding what you are saying in this instance.
If you change from plain rubber to perfect play or titans it makes "the flippers feel different and how it affects the ball". If you polish the playfield before the game or not it makes the game different.
If you want original bounces, you need to stick to plain rubber and set the machine up with the manufacturers recommended playfield angle, rather than the angle that makes the game play best.
So, to me, what you are saying "makes no sense'.
Respectfully.

Quoted from 1956PINHEAD:

For those who do plan to travel to TPF end of the month here's a photo of me so you can connect the name with a face when you walk up to my booth. And for all my other customers who I've had the pleasure of speaking with on the phone and by PM you can now put a face with the name. Oh, and the other guy needs no introduction, I'm certain you know who that is
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