QS, I don't believe that a dropaway rest is any more of a fad than parallel limb bows and having pulleys on a bow is. As far as durabilityI shoot mine daily andI am using the same trophy taker that I had on my old Xtec. It is now on my Trykon. It was setup once on my Xtec and it has been setup once on my Trykon. No repeat visits back and forth to a pro shop to adjust it. I also have one on my new Tribute; setup once and no repeat visits to the proshop.Nothing to fail on a TT anymore than a WB could fail. One string and a spring. A WB has a million bristles that could get wet, cold, and freeze,not to mention that it seems that everybody has to only shoot blasers through a WB and I can shoot anything I want through mine. People can say what they want, but I have a friend that runs a pro shop and he keeps in the refletching business due to the WB. He says he loves them for that reason. He shoots a trophy taker for his indoor league and 3D competitions. Most of his friends do to or they use springy steel rests that give way with the release of an arrow and also provide no fletch contact. Ifyou areworried about failure of technology I wouldn't shoot a compound bow as a pulley might fall off. The trophy taker is as durable and failproof as any WB. Like Paul stated, if an arrow is falling off of your rest you are doing something wrong....Don't blame the rest..blame yourself, the shooter.HCH