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They do break, mine did and I know why. The rubber straps are molded in one piece using injection molding. The rubber flows in the mold around the core sections that make the openings and knits together on the back side which is called a knit line. If the temperature of the rubber is too cool when the flow gets around the core sections or if there is insufficient vents in the mold at the knit line area, the knit line will be weak and over time the knit line will break. Mold design and molding 101.
My $20 Eagle Claw chinese microspike knock-offs finally broke the rubber after 5 years. But a little bit of string and they work just fine-
Had those early season...broke those too. The yak track xtr's were ok but I lost one in the snow. The LL bean jobs I bought to replace the kahtoolas I broke...I cant say im sad because boa or not they suck in wet snow...
Ya the dial on the LL bean got smashed while my otter was being towed behind my truck. Not their fault by any means. I just had a bad year with cleats!
Yeah, so I called on Tuesday night and a real person answered, awesome. They were friendly and told me it takes 4 to 6 days and it hadn't quite been 6 days. She said they should get to it the next day. So Friday night and still no email been over a week. If they are warranting so many pairs it takes over a week to get to emails I imagine they won't last much longer. After this experience of having a cleat fail on the third use and now taking over a week to reply to my email I will not be promoting or purchasing their product again. Definitely not the quality product and service I've read so much about on here, be advised.
Need to borrow $20? LOL
Ive had good success with Kahtoolas. I ripped mine somehow this winter, and they were really good about replacing them....No complaints at all....Patience!