Speaking from a lot of experience of crashing and bending motor plates, here is my 2 cents worth. The solid black plate is by far the strongest (and heaviest) of all the motor plates. The FT team (slotted) plates seem to bend the easiest. The solid blue plate seemed to be the second best(and at least the one I had was the lightest(?) of all of the motor plates), and the Avid fell in the middle for durability and was the 2nd lightest. but it was the best looking. Once, I started running the solid black plate, I've never had to change it. Fortunately over the last 6 months my driving and jumping has improved dramatically, so hopefully bending motor plates are a thing of the past, and I can go back to the Avid.