In reply to Iamgregp:
> Wow, that's great! So cool of them to offer you to stick around and see how the draws tested.
Yep - it was pretty cool to see them tested to destruction and amazing to see how strong they still were despite looking fairly shitty.
> The vast majority of my hardware is DMM, initially bought their draws as I thought they had the best feel of all the ones I tried
Same here - I have their draws (the set they gave me as replacements) and am pleased to report that they stand up well to testing in Thailand...I feel bad now as I never actually got back to them to tell them that the new alloy seems to not have this problem, but I hope they read this or have had some other feedback.
> but when I got to know more about them and how they do business I've kind of built up a bit of a brand loyalty. Good company that does good gear.
When one arrives at that sort of opinion about a company it is good to show loyalty for sure. I personally seek out their kit now so while their replacement of my quickdraws was probably costly for them at the time, it is also good business in the long term, as I have bought a ton of their kit since.