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I think that EFS are more common here in the US because handweaving here has adopted several technologies from industrial textile production; the EFS, fly shuttle, and rotary temple among them.  (I am insanely jealous of  Laura Fry's pirn winder!)  Speaking of industrial textile technology; I don't know where SadbAn is, but here in the US you can buy old mill shuttles quite cheaply.  These are about 2 pounds (a little less than a kilogram) with sharp steel pointed ends.  New weavers sometimes buy them thinking they are a really good deal on an EFS.  They are EFS, but they are big, heavy, sharp and often have little or no tension control, because they are designed to work across large looms at about 30 miles per hour.   I have heard of people who use these as hand loom shuttles.