Those "feelings" you are getting from different putters come from alignment and aesthetics. The more the lines, dots, and the larger the head the more "steer" oriented you get. The less "stuff" the more courageous you get. You are experiencing the difference between linear and non-linear.
I just want you to know there is no One Way only Your Way.
This may be an old thread, but I'm obsessed..
putting is, in general, ALL WRONG. We should be
standing on the side and hanging the putter straight
down from the shoulder vertically and using a croquet
type swing.
It's amazing that we putt as well as we do with such
inferior techniques. Give me a kid who's into it, and I'll
turn him into a champion putter.