Nothing wrong with the rings at all, no fading of numbers or problems with cracking. I would say at least 60% of my fed use these rings even though were situated in the south east of England. No poaching involved, we looked for alternative rings when the RPRA issued rings with lugs on to accept ETS chips. The RPRA shot themselves in the foot by not giving fanciers the choice of the type of ring they wanted which rubbed the conventional clockers up the wrong way.