First off, I usually use neoprene knee sleeves for my olympic lifting hobby, but in luxiao's lifts at the olympics he uses these and i thought to give it a go! Needless to say, it's the best pair I've owned! I did also buy the neoprene ones and I use both on different occasions. I feel that these offer support without the bounce back up that the neoprene offers. So overall I feel like I'm stronger with supports like these! Better than rogue and virus brands for sure!