[Taylor]

It's amazing to me how many threads devolve into mecanum-bashing.

Our FRC team used them once in 2011, and once again in offseason versions of our 2013 robot; we liked them for our strategy and for that game, and have no ill feelings toward them. They were rock-solid and worked perfectly well for what we wanted. But we never got t-boned - in fact we actively avoided contact because that's what mecanum wheels are designed to do.