I'm going to disagree with you on this one. I recently pick up a set of PW hubs, solely for the reason of the superior seals on the PW bearings. I ride in the wet a lot, and no bearing has ever lasted me more than 9 months. It's a pain in the ass and expensive to change bearings so often. After speaking with an engineer at PW I'm hoping to get at least several years out of this set of bearings.