The risk of the monofilament whip. Options

[Jack Kain]

This poll has been burning in my head for a week or so, but I had trouble coming up with the options. I wanted choices but not to many or to narrow.

So really who here takes the risk on a melee weapon that risked damaging yourself on a critical glitch or geting tangled up on a regular glitch. But the pay off in my mind is great.
A DV of 8 with an ap of -4 and a reach of 2.
The wire retracts into the weapon’s haft when not in use making it easily concealible

I rather enjoy it when my elf street samurai pulls out his monowhip when foes close into melee.
Hell he even has a modified arm slide that holds the monowhip's haft instead of a gun. As the weapon is clearly small enougth when not deployed givin its concealibility bonus is the same as a hold out pistol.
My street samurai has only average strength as he also pulls double duty as the party face and that ate up some BP.

But I'm curious as to who else takes the risk that come with the weapon, who thinks the risk is to great. And who had tried it in the past but paid the price.