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I use a martingale style collar for Fizbin. It is also called a limited slip collar. It is all 1" nylon. He uses that when trialling in obedience and being on AKC show grounds. He is ONLY in a choke when he is about to go into the conformation ring. When he is back at the setup, he gets his collar changed. If he isn't in a permier collar(brand name), he is in a prong.
When Fizbin had the sneaky lung infection, the only sign was that he would choke out at the drop of a hat. If the choke collar went tight, and it didn't even have to be that tight, he would fall over and it would look like he was seizing (choking out). Now that he has fully recovered, and there is no radiograph proof of injury to his treacha (he was scoped during the dx process and found to have a completely normal airway), he will still do the choke out thing. I am thinking it is more psychological now, but it is darn scary to see this happen.
In August Fizbin took the ATT temperament test and I was allowed to use the limited slip collar as long as I had him tie-out for the weird stranger part. So there are exceptions.
You can't really get "good" corrections with the martingale style unless you are strong enough to pull the dog off of his feet when needed.
Use whatever collar that works for you and gets the results you want.