I have a few Thaters and they are all two banders. Are they the greatest thing since sliced bread? No, they aren't however they are mighty fine and like Obie said you can never go wrong with one.

I know mine all have plenty of backbone and no floppiness at all. If you want a little softer (from what I've heard) the three band is the way to go though you also have to take into account the style as the chubby naturally has a denser fill which stiffens things up somewhat over other styles.