For me yes.
As I said they hurt my hands. Heck, even packing them up for shipping I was cussing when I opened them to make sure they were clean and empty, etc. It just reinforced I was doing the right thing, FOR ME.
I am sure some guys have no issues at all with the latches. There are tricks etc, to open them and I am sure many here may comment on how they love them and have no problems with them. That is great and why I sold them so easily.
Its like the door handles on a car, I always liked the old thumb push button handles to let you in the car, at least I did back in the day. I hate these pull up handles, Just preference mostly I guess.