Yes, I agree. Based on your chart, I think the gen. 3 is probably closest. Well, I did. But in a way, I wish I hadn't. The result from that added pressure was that the brush began shedding fibers like crazy. Even when I lightened up, it didn't quit. I don't know if I just got a bad brush, or if I just got a bit too heavy handed on it, but it's falling apart now. It's losing 20-50 bristles with each lathering attempt, and the brush is beginning to look a bit ragged. I'm sure it's in a downward spiral heading steadily toward the trash bin. This is a pretty much a kick in pants too, I was pretty jazzed up about it's lather making ability. So, I'm going to chalk this one up as a lesson learned. I'm going to keep my ears open though to see if something really good in synthetics appears on the horizon. I'd like to have brush for travel that dries really quickly, and I'm sure a synthetic is going to be best in that department.
There are good to excellent synthetics, but Omega has seemed to me to have a "me too" approach when it comes to synthetics. As to the fibers falling out, that is due to the knot maker placing synthetic fibers into a glued instead of epoxy base. That may pass for badger and boar, but not synthetics. I have seen this before from manufacturers who have had their stock and trade in naturals and expect the same manufacturing techniques to work with synthetic fibers. Sorry this one did not work out. Now don't trash the handle too soon. You might want to use it as a basis for another brush if it looks good to do so.
I wrote up some of my thoughts about the S10049 brush in my SOTD entry today: http://theshaveden.com/forums/index.php?posts/737300
