My take here is very simple. I ride only steel and titanium bikes; most with horizontal dropouts and I never want a front wheel to come out. So I want tight quick releases. For a given distance of pull when you clamp the QR lever, that tension is equal to the distance stretched times cross-section of the QR skewer times modulus of elasticity divided by the skewer length. Not that none of this can be changed except the modulus of the skewer material and that high modulus = greater QR clamping force. Well, steel's modulus is twice titanium's and three times aluminum's. So, in my book, a $12 Shimano QR from the family bike store down the street is better than a $50 state of the art ti skewer.

(I mention the bike material as I suspect steel skewers might be able to damage some of the non-steel or ti dropouts.)