I had that problem too..after 3-4 I stopped buying them.
A couple months ago someone brought it up here and Terry chimed in and said the 'problem' was fixed.
I bought another on my last order and so far so good. Although I probably only used it 5-10 times.. I don't think I got 10 uses out of the old ones before they broke
Quoted from Blackjacker:How does the one from Marco compare to the one PBL carries? http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1518
I love the utility of the PBL ones, but seems I always manage to snap a tine off every other time I use them. I currently have two in my toolbox, each missing a tine, but fortunately on different ends of each one.