Idk about stronger I've seen a lot more of the v3s cracked/snapped then I did the v2s. Zach Martin snapped 2 v3s in the matter of 6 months. quote="Hamish C, post: 1771635, member: 41207"]The new ones are stronger than the v2s anyway, I don't know if they still crack from smiths but I've had mine...