I purchased the Hydra false-live blade bowie in teal. Customer service was professional, helpful, and polite when I contacted them in confusion over receiving the bottle-opener trainer (the false-live blade ships separately, and I didn't understand that).
I'm new to balisong flipping, but the performance of the bottle-opener trainer was so nice and smooth, and so easy to learn new tricks on (I can actually chaplain with this thing), that I bought another Hydra to put the false live blade on when it comes in, since I can't have the false live blade at my workplace and I can't imagine not being able to flip my Hydra at work.
The balisong is light and responsive, and it really does "hug your finger" during chaplains. The handles have a very nice, grippy texture to them that makes maintaining control on many tricks much easier for a beginner like me. Aerials are also nice and predictable, and thus easy to do consistently.
I highly recommend the bottle-opener Hydra for new flippers, especially if you can get it for the sale price of 80USD. I also really love my Nabalis Vulp, but the extra 20USD really goes a long way here.
Also really cool that it comes with a case for 3 balisongs and extra hardware. I've been looking at cases, but I don't have a large enough collection yet to justify getting one for 40 or 50 USD that holds 8 balis. Really an excellent unboxing experience.
(Ignore the umbreon sticker on the case. I was very excited about the case, because I had no idea it was coming lol)