Shaft General Propeller versus ARE

Does anyone have actual experience whether the quality/strength of shaft is superior from one company to another?

We have bought ARE shafts and have not had any problems with them. The taper is short on the older shafts, but I'm told they've changed their design and now have a longer taper.

General Propeller has different strength shafts, but their ski boat shaft is spec'd with their highest quality, so I don't know that they are any stronger than an ARE.

I ordered a shaft with General 3 weeks ago and they misplaced the order. They are now telling me their supplier has to custom make a 1"-5" coupler which takes 8 weeks.

The CCF perspective seems to be General is better than ARE, but is that really true or a myth?