Thank you all for your replies!
ChaosFox, Degu would be a good choice. Unfortunately, since I live in Brazil, SpinLord is quite difficult to find. I've had a look on megaspin and tabletennis11, but they don't have Degu atm, it seems. I'm more or less restricted to AliExpress. I guess the problem with the 802 was the sponge. From the forums I've heard that with the old standard orange sponge it chops well. Perhaps Mystery III was too fast.
Aurelian, Pluto seems interesting! But isn't it more attack oriented? Let me know what you think when you receive it =P
Iskandar, maybe it'll help if I describe better my BH chop.
I chop (and sometimes push) with an arm trajectory similar to a backhand serve. It's a crescent moon shaped sideswipe, but I start from the shoulder, go down to the lowest point and go up slightly when finishing the movement. That way I can vary the spin between heavy backspin, back+side and even float/top+side, according to the point of contact.
Inverted (currently Lightning DS LST) does this quite well, but I was wondering if a grippy long pips with thick sponge (such as Globe 979 1.5mm) would allow a similar amount of variation but with more control. Perhaps Curl P4, P1R and Feint Long 3 with thick sponge users/choppers would have some interesting insight on this. So, the questions that remain are:
(1) How much spin can a grippy thick sponged long pips impart on the ball?
(2) Can I do a heavy backspin push after the opponent pushes with no-spin/backspin?
(3) Can I do a heavy sidespin chop with LP that actually has a curved trajectory and that kicks to my left after the bounce (Sometimes my opponents actually miss the ball altogether, which is actually one of the most satisfying ways to win points  - along with forcing mistakes with spin variation)?
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