Thoughts on Bates Victrix h/j saddles?

What are your experiences/opinions/reviews of the Victrix saddle line from Bates?

Fit myself well.

I liked the quality but the CAIR was insanely bouncy, I can’t imagine the horses would like it. I called over 5 different fitters to change it to wool and none of them were interested, said the trees crack too easily to be worth changing the cair to wool as the tree wouldn’t last more than 5 years. I ended up passing on the brand entirely but I have no idea if that is true.