Have been playing little over a year now and gone through a few paddles and companies. Like most, I watch the reviews on YouTube and track my favorite pros and try to find something good for the money.
Admittedly I had been biased against vatic initially because of the lack of representation at the pro level and cheap entry price. But after just one session with vsol pro saga LH. I am ready to admit I was very very foolish and will have a hard time overpaying for performance again.
I'm a shorter player so the added length feels good on reaches and pokes. Plus something about my swing favors a higher contact point, so those slappy drives and overheads really pack a punch. I do appreciate the floating core construction which feels akin to the dwells/mods et al. from gen3 but the shape and grittiness give a real ease for shot shaping and touch that other power range paddles do not.
I cant speak to the longevity cause well one session but I am confident I will be main-ing this for the duration of it's lifetime. At ~100$, give it six stars. Im a vatic stans now