I initially bought this capo because of the good reputation Kyser had for making them. I have a friend who but one of their capos about 4 years ago and it still clamps onto his guitar's fretboard with an authority. I went ahead and but this one here. I've had it for a few months but imediately after using it I noticed that it takes a more careful positioning to get it to clamp down on all the strings and not get a buzz. This one seems to be made to a more lower quality standard than its earlier counter-part. However I won't give it less than four stars because it does do its job, just takes about ten seconds more time to set up. Good Capo, Cheap Price