With the greatest of respect, I must comment on this one. as far as I'm concerned, there are no 'good' strings anywhere on the planet. There are in my experience only 'less bad' ones. I have embraced the elixir thing simply because they are utterly consistent. They sound a little dull when they go on but maintain their tone for a long time. I'm pretty sure that I fall into the corrosive body chemistry category as regards conventional strings. Whatever happens here happens within the first half of a show with the finest phosphor bronze strings. They are simply stuffed and dead as a (whatever). They can occasionally be revived by a vigorous rub with something like a chamois leather cloth which creates great friction and presumably melts the sweat/body detritus out of the windings enough to give a further 10 minutes of life but otherwise thats it for me. The elixirs were a revelation. I can make a set last three or four shows after which the coating starts to fall apart at the picking end. Also have had zero success with any of the other Elixir alternatives. They simply don't work at all for me.

I'm afraid if anyone is breaking strings regularly, its simply to do with set up or the way they play. I can be heavy handed sometimes but always maintain my set ups well. I've broken one guitar string onstage in the last 5 years.

Will admit to putting on a new phosphor bronze set to record with but same things apply. They're dead in 20 minutes!
Don't ya just hate it?