Can't get behind that logic. A plant that's ugly most of the time feels like a bad deal. Why put up with a lump of sticks for a whole year just for one night? My plants need to look nice more often than not. That single payoff doesn't seem worth the effort.

That Danuser your neighbor mentioned is a good call, but even those have their limits. The real trick is the shear pin setup. A lot of people replace the soft factory pin with a grade five bolt, thinking it's an upgrade. That's how you really break things, because then the force goes into the gearbox instead. You want it to snap that cheap pin, not your whole drive shaft.

Oh man, the flash is the problem! Try turning it off and using a longer exposure on your phone's pro mode.