I've used Elixirs for several years now, and am sticking with them. They're particularly good for staying fresh at festival gigs in hot summers, where sweaty fingers can kill ordinary strings in half an hour. I must admit that I probably keep them on for longer than I ought (i.e. sometimes beyond the point when the coating begins to fray), but I've never had problems with breakages - occasionally I lose the A or D on dance gigs where I'm hitting them very hard with a heavy plectrum, but that's down to me, not the strings.

I must say I foundnd Guest josepp's last posting gratuitously offensive to someone who actually does know what he's talking about.