I was not a fan. Before they introduced the collar I saw a guy break 2 sets of legs at one match in one day. They charged him shipping to replace the legs. I think when I got one after seeing those legs break I was always wherry of mine breaking as well even with the added collar. I hated the spring on the legs. It was basically useless, I liked the idea but did not like the actual product. I have since got an Atlas PSR and think its a 10x better product.