User blog comment:BlazeUchiha/Have Bankais lost their Status?/@comment-1706259-20100403035257

Well; Yoruichi was the one who mentioned that Bankai increases the user's power by a factor of 5 to 10.. but almost everything else you said makes sense. However we have no way of knowing if Ichigo's Bankai would be better or different due to him using the old fashined way.. that is just speculation for now. Also Ichigo achieved Bankai in 2 days, not 3.