There's all kinds of trade-offs in making a propeller just as in designing and building an airplane.

The APC's are very stiff and efficient, but are fragile if you nick the ground. You chip an APC... its over, trash it.

Master Airscrew balck nylon props are more flexible and less efficient... but they can survive a few nicks. (I had one survive getting 1 inch dia ground off over 3 months of flying...)

Better is relative... better for what?