I had these on a hardtail and was very impressed with how strong and well built these are. I did big drops and jumps on these and they never faltered.They tracked well for XC too. Buy 'em, try 'em. If you give them hell and they break, then you know you need to spend more £ next time. If you don't, then you saved yourself some wonga :)
Excellent fork for an unbeatable price. I have a Fox 32 Talas RL on my fullsuspension bike and just installed this fork on my old steel hardtail to replace a worn out Rock Shox Psylo fork. After the first couple of rides I'm very impressed by this fork. Very plush (it's nice to have a coil spring for a change) and sturdy. Only problem I have now is that I like this fork almost better than the way more expensive Talas....