I have had the MZE for 2 years now and pulled, dragged, and carried it through some of the thickest stuff imaginable. I put my bows through absolute he!! just getting to the stand. Having said that, in 2 years nothing has ever broken on this rest. The only problem I had with it was of my own making. I stripped the screw that attaches the arm to the cable slide. I took my bow to the Atlanta Buckarama in August and Eric from Muzzy installed a whole new rest on it for me. I had asked him if he could just replace the little screw, but he went above and beyond and replaced everything. I have not heard of anyone having a problem with any of the drop away rests having problems under hunting conditions, and with as many out there as there are I would expect to hear of a few breakages. The only problems I have ever heard of were with, I believe, the original Mirage design, and GKF fixed that.

Personally, I am more worried about site pins getting bent or broken than I am with my MZE.