I've never broke a chain in 30 years of riding, so not sure how others are doing that. Anyway if you want a decent reliable lower costing chain go with the chain that has the brand of the components you use, those chains, like Shimano work really well, of course the expensive Connex chain is probably the best chain but how much longer will last over a OEM Shimano? maybe 20% longer? for a chain that cost twice as much? hardly seems worth it to me.