I have a stainless LT (the really heavy one) and have dropped several times without problems.
The last time, I had a Vision Stone tank and a stainless drip tip mounted and it fell about 3 feet tip first like a spear. Took a chip out of the floor tiles (slate) and a scratch or two on the tip. The battery moved within the tube and against the post so hard that the nipple of the battery was pressed into sort of concave top.
The top of my LT has not moved a fraction of a degree since I got it.
BTW, yeah, I tossed that damaged battery. They are cheap so why risk it...
Agreed about the Stainless or LT V1.5 as PBusardo calls it. When I brought my first friend over from the dark side that's what he go one week later - same supplier. Maybe I a legit .....