love my time ATAC aliums, been riding them for 2 years straight with no problems never.
actually just picked up a pair of NOS aliums on the good ol' ebay. you can usually find them for ~$40-50 or cheaper if patient.
One thing no one has mentioned which i dig is that the cleats are brass and the bottoms of them will flatten pretty quickly lessening any clicking noise that occurs when walking. I used to wear my shoes all day at work and in less than a week new cleats ceased to make any noise at all on hard floors.