The reason why most people stick with the CQR is that it does work.
Add to that an old fashioned fisherman’s on board and you can’t go
wrong.
Several years ago here in the UK there was a lot of fuss in the
yachting press about a certain wonderful new aluminium anchor. Lots of
superb reviews, diagrams explaining why it was so good, charts, data,
test results, it was guaranteed to revolutionise anchoring.
I bought one, it was useless.
I tried it on sand, on soft mud, on hard mud, it was almost impossible
to set, and there was on way I could rely on it stay set for long.
Sailors tend to be naturally cautious for good reason; their boat and
lives could depend on that anchor.