i take offense to that, my "damage multiplier" saved my truck just enough to save my front fender/head light and the rest when i was side swapped by a city bus, the bus ripped off the lower half of my bumper valance area on that side but the head light covers on the grill guard actually made contact with the bus and pushed me away from it save more of my truck then if i didn't have it.
i think giving them that label is a bit unfair, as it's really a case by case situation sort of thing, in my case it saved enough of my truck that i was able to score and arb bumper from the insurance company.
but i digress, they suck anyways imo and go for a plate or tube bumper, way sicker....the only reason i had the grill guard on there was it came with it and i couldn't afford a proper OR bumper.