Petzl "Honesty" is that they want you to replace all their products again, they even insinuate that your old gear is suspect so replace it too! Every retailer has that kind of integrity. For all we know petzl may have circulate defective product just to call all your gear into question to sell more product or at least spread the story. Just weight your gear aggressively and look for expressive flex or bending, don't waist your time or money. Buy some of their stock and dump it after they announce their earning from this.