Sorry about time delayed response from me, had no power most of yesterday and was limiting my phone use.
The AL is a modern responsive beast, though it feels a little heavy on the string for doing 0a stuff like kickflips. I still use it for a mix of both styles. It’s super pocket friendly. I prefer the slim responsive bearing for its snappiness, but the wide flat is good if I want to do more string layers(just gotta keep it well lubed or greased)
I haven’t played the unresponsive set up yet, but I can agree with what @mable has said on this thread
The AL that I just got in came with a really nice looking 10 ball slim c bearing too.
I can’t remember ever getting anything different than 8’s before.