Badger is way to floppy for me. I have used the same Omega boar brush for 25 years. The hairs are a bit short but it still is a great travelling brush.

I bought a new Omega briar wood boar brush that has been shedding almost a hair a day for 3 months. The shedding seems to have slowed down the last 1-2 weeks. As far as I am concerned the jury is still out whether it can be classed as a good or a bad brush. I wrote a mail to Omega telling them about the problem and they are gonna send me a synthetic brush as a sweetener. They say they can't get hold of the same good quality boar hair as 25 years ago.