I hear you on the kickbacks, i do toss them in now and the to mix things up some. But my typical tri routine looks like this.
CGB...Ill pyramid up to 315lb for 6-8reps
Overhead DB extentions 4 sets of the 120lb 8-12 reps
weighted dips 120lb db thats the highest my gym goes up to...4 sets...
You werent being a jerk just expressing your opinoin. Im just saying if one were want to strengthen a muscle you would want to incoporate more then just one exercise.
If you want to get technical squats develope all 4 heads of the qudriceps and is a mass building excericise for the entire lower body. To help strengthen your squat you would do a few different excerecises such as...HALF SQUATS... FRONT SQUATS also depending on how you point your toes what part...
Of course they will improve if you keep doing dips eventually. But by adding in different tri excercises will develope the muscle make it stronger and in return add more reps to your dips quicker then just doing dips.
This dip thing is getting way out of control, its not rocket science. Incoporate more tri excercises to strenghthen the muscle and you will see your dip reps go up.