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Love the fact he says he needs to get rid of his as "it takes up much needed space"...........but you want to swap it for something else that will also fill your "much needed space" Is it half term again already ffs🤪

All of the foams do the same basic job of providing padding.   Simple basic foam, uncut will happily compress to hold and protect your equipment.  You can put pretty much anything in the case, in any position and unless it’s too thick preventing you from forcing shut and as long as you don’t put in too much equipment in too close then it will hold and protect. The items may slip around a bit bumping into each other depending on how close and how tight the fit is vs how hefty the items are.   You can cut in to standard foam to make pockets to avoid your equipment sliding and to make shutting easier  Standard foam can be cut with a knife with good or bad looking results being dependant on how carefully you cut - or use a laser cut A single piece/layer of foam can be more difficult to cut neatly into the right depths for various different items    Pick and pluck is typically used in two pieces/layers - one layer as standard foam, and the other piece/layer as a precut grid with small points uncut.  You plan your layout then ‘pick and pluck’ ripping out the squares that you want to place your equipment in.  This results in a pixelated style, or you can cut some of the grid with a knife (or laser cut - but if you’re laser cutting then you’ve defeated the object of using pick & pluck)   Shadow foam is a brand, which comes in multiple colours, eg standard grey on the top layer and a bright colour in the lower layer(s)*.  Therefore when cut to fit your equipment an empty slot is obvious as you can see a coloured ‘shadow’ Shadow foam is inspired by the wall mounted shadow boards traditionally used in workshops, schools and prisons to make it obvious when a tool is missing  * Note that I have referred to ‘pieces’ and ‘layers’.  These are not technical terms, but just me referring to how many blocks of foam you put into the case.  Normally you could think of it as a top and bottom for the lid and base.  But the bottom / base could be two pieces of foam such as with pick & pluck - one whole block approx half the depth of the base of your case and a second on top that you cut/pluck apart to form the gaps that you insert your equipment in A single piece of ShadowFoam is made of a number of layers.  When you cut the shape you then peel out a layer of foam.  A thin piece of equipment can be accommodated with one layer peeled out a thicker piece of equipment needs more than one layer peeled out to give greater depth.     Pick & pluck: https://youtu.be/dSC2vEVfSIQ?si=rHpqQ2eESKVJ0JE1     Shadow foam: https://youtu.be/GMBziTVpoWE?si=aIH3vxWDz8aV-A2a    

Sounds a bit of a Mong to be honest   Hence my post yesterday