I've used the Props, the Fred Kelly ones, and AlaskaPiks. My old nails are also subject to breakage.
For me, the AlaskaPiks fit the bill. I can trim them to the exact height I use with my nails, they stay on my fingers, can adjust the crispness of sound a little, and my D18 doesn't sound like a banjo when I play! That having been said, lots of folks like the Propiks.
BUT: I also use the GNC Hair and Nails stuff as well as 'Hard as Hoof' and Vaseline intensive care cream from time to time. Do they all work? Th GNC product seems to work pretty well and I think the others do to some extent as well....
Funny -- I believe it was Ed Gerhart who once said "You learn to play guitar to meet girls, but end up talking with other middle-aged men about your fingernails...".
As usual, ymmv.
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