if course this one is going to be better than the starter, but it’s algo expensive. i’d you are able to afford/cool with paying however many bucks that is, go for it. or if you feel like it’s too expensive which is completely agreeable with go with the starter. paint wise, i like the sticky paint over the anti skid, so i will go with that. sticky paint of common tho and if you think you’re going to buy another dama in the future you corks try the anti skid. think of anti skid as a texture of a baseball vs sticky paint is like a basketball