BattleAxe... Reading all the stuff, and considering the pro's/con's noted still leave me somewhat confused. What has been best for me was to use a specific batting in a quilt and make my own observations.
What was it like to work with as I made the sandwich? while quilted?
Results with dense quilting? vs. spacious quilting?
Cuddle-ability? vs. Stiffness?
After laundering?
Thickness/Bulk ... before, during, and after quilting ... and after laundering?
Crinkly-ness of the quilt after laundering?
Of course, some of the answers will differ, depending on if you do dense quilting or minimal. So a batting you absolutely love, you may hate the next quilt, if you change the quilting intensity.