No you haven't, you've seen an unpleased owner of Nine Lifes and a thread about it. LL2s held up well for pretty much everybody, and besides, One Lifes are LL2s with better sidewalls, a better flex pattern, a different(better IMO, it's bulletproof and way faster), and some camber and slightly different rocker profile. I've skied mine over tons of fallen trees, bushes, rocks, gravel...any of the low snow cover stuff like that and the bases look pretty much new. The edges have one noticable mark, but that's from doing a hard turn cutting across the area, and skiing onto a completely exposed large rock that completely stopped me.
I've skied all 3 of the skis OP asked about and One Lifes are by far my favorite, then Chetlers, then EPs. One Lifes can make any turn shape you want, but are stiff enough to charge, and are by far the most versatile pow-jib ski I've ever been on. Chetlers were more poppy when turning in powder(one lifes are more poppy everywhere else pretty much) and are fatter which is nice, but don't do as well on groomers and in chop. If you're making really tight fast turns in powder the Chetlers were the most fun of the 3. I didn't ski EPs in super deep pow, but they were fun in pow and when buttering around on groomers, but were nowhere close to as fun as the other skis in other places. Also if you're charging One Lifes are by far the best, and skiing any pow real fast One Lifes are my favorite, but Chetlers are pretty close(because the throwing you in and out of turns is so fun).
