I have a Thing with about a gazillion games on it,..box surface, never changed, cleaned weekly,..5 x 3 with a pap hole,..that has earned the right to fly First Class with me,..on every trip to Vegas when I bowl the 'Rollers', I'd say it's broke in pretty good. All Dynothanes seem to get better with time,..like a fine wine,..or violyn,..or BMW. Look around,..you don't see too many D/Ts for sale or trade...when you build an arsenal with D/T's you have one for a long time...jime