I used the talons this year also. Flies great even with some of my older left helical fletched arrows. The blades never broke on me, I used the same one for practice and just keep bending the blades back into original form(or close to it). The first set was 100gr the second set was 125gr. The 125gr are more durable, I did shot two deer with the same blades on the broadhead, simply sharpened em up a bit. Price is a bit steep though, I was going to go to muzzy and I noticed razorbaks available on ebay so picked up some of them instead. My stepfather used razorbaks for years with no complaints! I tried jakhammers on my first deer this year, I wasn't impressed enough to stick with them.