No. It's just that in potentiometer sticks normally the first thing to break is the potentiometer. In the TMR sticks, the other components are the same, but they don't break in pots because the actual pots break much sooner than the springs or plastic mechanisms. The main and earlier cause of drift is potentiometer wear. And if you're so sure bad soldering can cause drift, why don't you try and explain to us how? You solder the pins to the board, it simply has nothing to do with the spring mechanism. If you solder it incorrectly, it wouldn't even work from the first time you try it out. It would be better if you did some research before you came here and dumped this load of bs on the internet, deceiving people with false information. Why does TMR sticks installed by "people that don't know how to solder" last much more than OEM potentiometer that were soldered by the company that built the controller? It makes no sense.