I don't see what your reply has to do with my post?It is a forum. Hobbyist use different equipment. When a post is made about reliability, regardless of brand, people will post their experience.
No one in this thread can provide accurate data on the overall reliability. The fact that this keeps getting raised honestly makes no sense. It is just that hobbyists experience and it does not mean that others experience the same be it good or bad.
OP had a shocking experience - negative. Few others said they had similar. Few others said the opposite and it has been positive. So let me ask you where does that leave us?
Trying to apply any kind of statistics on failure rates, etc is simply a diversionary tactic.