Would you rather ……

[georges1]

I’ve been running them for 14 years and never had one catastrophically fail. Had one reverb go soggy in the top inch of travel but that was sorted with a service.

Generally if you have a small or medium frame it works the best but with an older large or extra large geometry frame, it adds more height and therefore more instability so it doesn't work that well. Thing is you need to have those overhauled with a rigid seat post you don't.

 

[highlandsflyer]

Suspension forks on MTBs but never do I want a dropper seat post .My seat posts are either high end Easton, high end Selcof carbon or high end aluminium Ritchey or Bontrager on the MTBs. High end carbon Easton , high end Selcof, high end Ritchey and high end Shimano Dura Ace seat posts on the race bikes. If the dropper seat post fails , it is a big problem. I ride older 26 wheeled MTBs and often in big size so no dropper seat post required and I always did postural study before assembling my bikes.

The failure I've encountered hasn't been a big deal, being the cable. If the dropping mode fails, you could raise the whole gubbins up as far as you can and baby it home.

I've grown to like them enough to desire them.