Hard use folder: Flipper or no?

I like a flipper knife for ease of opening.Being a lefty flippers are nice. I have found I prefer a flipper with a secondary opening option like a spyder hole or thumb studs in addition to the flipper.
 
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I prefer a flipper because of the choil.I could take or leave the bearings.
 

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Definitely flipper for me. Of course my "hard use" folder's are a ZT 0301, ZT 0560, and a CS Spartan, so pretty huge price disparity there. I am a huge fan of bearings for flippers. I enjoy not needing wrist action to open a flipper, and I find that while I love the Assisted opening on my 0301, knowing the spring will eventually break, and require replacement, does knock it down a notch. With the bearings, you get smooth, lightning fast opening (faster than assisted open, especially for IKBS folders), and in ZT 0560's case, still easy maintenance. Even the IKBS, with its loose bearings, just requires a little more care when you take it apart. My IKBS folder's are decidedly not hard use though (CRKT Eros, Eros 2, and Ripple 2).
 
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