haha, well, when manitous hold air, they hold air, but it seems from reviews (and i quote from a real story) that your lucky if you make it to a trail head before the piston blows out of your fork at 210 psi putting you in the hospital with a head and eye injury. Haha, iv taken some big drops on my manitou though, and havnt had any problems (my IT locked up once and i thought i lost all pressure, darn that scared me).