The post-Kickstarter batches are much less prone to this?
They appear to be, yes. It looks like @halemmerich has had issues with his new one, but it was one of the things I specifically told the manufacturer to look into and I haven't seen anywhere near the amount of failures.
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They appear to be, yes. It looks like @halemmerich has had issues with his new one, but it was one of the things I specifically told the manufacturer to look into and I haven't seen anywhere near the amount of failures.