The only lace that I have seen that really impressed me and I can say is better than any one else's including the bleaching job is a company that no longer is in business. Their laces that I seen like 8 or so years ago, was amazing. Their grade 1 lace was the most invisible to the touch and sight I have ever seen,, and their grade 3 was similar to the SFS we have now, maybe a little better.. Grade 2 lace was better than sfs but had some durability to it. Their bleach job on black hair made the knots WHITE and invisible. They had an amazing product but seemed like a really shady business that was hard to deal with and just disappeared.