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Alu will go before carbon but carbon will go, and fail - I agree with andyp mechanic comment. I have some Beast carbon rims now (they gave them to me, I couldn't afford them) I treat them like shit. I did brake one but it was from a rogue rock that pinged up and cracked it. I then rode a few thousand km with that crack. I like the way cabron rides a lot. But I wouldn't own carbon rims from all manufacturers, just a few. Carbon does flex really well, alu doesn't. There are some cool manufacturer videos of them flexing carbon rims a lot. They forgive.
I've broken both carbon and alu rims. Run what you can afford to brake and usw inserts.