What difference do the different brake pad materials make ?

Looking for new pads and a bit baffled with all the different materials.

Anyone help out a tech Numpty ?

Organic are softer and wear faster but give more breaking. However they can wear quickly. They also transmit less heat into the rest of the system but do not cope with overheating well themselves

Sintered are longer lasting, can be less powerful, wear the discs more, transmit more heat into the rest of the system but cope will with better themselves.

Chose which characteristics e best for you.

… and there’s kevlar which sit somewhere in the middle. A sort of compromise of life and power

Kevlar it is then.

That was simple enough.

Cheers to both.