have been building wheels with pillar psr14 spokes
for a while, mostly good results. latest batch, not
so good. couple hundred km easy road riding, broke
a spoke at the threads. what? spokes don't break
at the threads, right? always snap at the elbow.

figured poor chinese quality control (were these taiwan
spokes made in mainland factory?), replaced spoke.
another spoke broke off in the nipple today. sheesh,
you'd think i done bought a trek!

guess i gotta cut 'em all out (maybe could use on a
front wheel?) and rebuild. won't go with same type
pillar, no telling which sellers have the crap spokes.

what do you advise? this is what i have access to
for 36-spoke, 3x, 26", moderate load touring:

dt competition 2.0/1.8/2.0 ($0.50)
sapim strong 2.3/2.0 ($0.55)
sapim force 2.2/1.8/2.0 ($0.85)
pillar tribble butted 2.3/1.8/2.0 ($0.70)

nipples extra...