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@dooks
what are they? never heard of them.
i tried loads of electric strings before i decided that they were basically pretty much all the same and went back to using the ernie balls i'd used as a nipper.
i used to change strings once a week or more and still used to break strings at every gig. i put that doewn to sweat and bash-age though. these days (playing at home, recording and occasional live twiddles) my electric strings last upwards of a year.
i've only ever owned long scale fenders and was a 10-52 guy for years but the change down in volume coincided with experimenting with more usual and bendy-friendly 10-46 sets. to be honest i got the feeling the mahoosive plain gauge 3rd string in the heavier sets was actually more prone to breaking. you had to have it at a very high tension to make pitch and it was a bitch to bend accurately.
although i don't subscribe to the macho "bigger is better" ethos with strings, i can't bring myself to try 9s. some peeps make 9.5s though... i must admit i'm kind of intrigued as to how these would feel. i bet they'd be country twang-tastic.
whoops. i've rambled.