>>6204833>are the old ones so bad they're useless?Not at all. The older joints were made differently and sometimes had the propensity to get loose over time. Mostly from a lot of movement. But it honestly isn't that big of a deal i most cases.
People like to exaggerate things for whatever reason. I have a complete set of QB's I bought as they were being issued, and none of them are "floppy and useless"
If you do get one that has an issue, see above posts for a good replacement.