Bandos doesnt degrade, which in my opinion, makes it worth ever penny. And about the steel dragons, is there a good guide somewere? Don't even try Steel dragons. And the repair costs and such have been overexaggerated so much... It will degrade 5k an hour. That's all. You'll save a lot of food from the extra defences, so you'll probably balance out, and the time saved Guthaning/Banking will make up for the 6 strength bonus. Plus, you do know how Bandos price fluctuates... You can basically ignore repair costs of Barrows, I'm sure you can afford 5k/hour. 330K every 15hours, in my eyes, is a waste. Over a month thats about 6mil in repair costs. It ads up, by the end of the year you would have spend 33mil in repairing your barrows were as if i had bandos i would save 8mil. End of story, im not using barrows.