Thats because you haven't fished with Dean Pelser's soft Banjo floats
In our recent league series over 3, 6 matches all our teams fished the Trident ad Infamous soft floats of Carp World and we won the league Ladies, Seniors and Juniors and proceded to win the
League Final (Team)
and myself the Individual winner. 2 floats on each hook and no dough with 33 carp for thew Day and Catch 995 took the biggest fish on 2 Trident soft floats at 4.86kg
We also won the nationals last year using Skunk, trident and HBS soft floats
Our Juniors placed 2nd at Nationals with Trident and Cina 1 soft floats (in the Vaal Dam)
In competitive carp fishing we use flavoured soft floats, Sweetcorn / Trident / Infamous / HBS / Cina 1 in the first 48 hours or till the fish are confidently feeding on the boilies and with 5 tons of fish in 6 compo's last year I can safely say they work for myself and Catch 995.
I personally prefer the hard plain floatie option and fish the line fish are feeding on but there is just no denying the value of the Soft flavoured floats.
There is a wide enough range to match your style of angling and I suggest only 3 or 4 flavours in your box and specifically those that match your angling style and local dams, but you will never go wrong if you have Trident in the Box