What is your favorite anchor?

My favorite anchor, which almost always set the first time and never dragged, is a 35-40# CQR knock-off.  Alltogether we've spent nearly two years on that anchor and have set it hundreds of times.

This year, we were given a 45# Delta.  The Delta is a Pain in the Ass to set compared to the knock-off.  Once it's set (on all chain), it's not moving anywhere, but I haven't gained full confidence yet.  The technique for setting it (so far) is:  1) Drop the anchor and lay out the rode, 2) tug the anchor at low RPM (we call it a soft-set), and take her out of gear/shut down.  3) 15-30 minutes later, start up the motor and set in full reverse (hard-set).  This seems to cure the "plowing up the anchorage" scenario.

Based on Practical Sailor reviews and a fortuitous employment at West Marine (which made it (relatively) affordable), I decided to try a Spade anchor.  Found this anchor to be vastly superior to the CQR we had previously used, especially in initial setting.  With the CQR, we found ourselves having difficulty getting a good initial set, especially in sandy bottoms.  The Spade sets very hard the first time every time.  For us, this was a vast improvement and as a result we sleep better.  I have also heard very good things about the Rocna (sp?).

Brian.