I was thinking back through what posts I’ve used over the years. I rode Manitou frames for a long time and they came with with their own seatpost. A fork leg lower with a ringle moby head as I remember. Other than that and the Thomson, everything else has let me down. Had a use crack where the bolt went through the shaft, a food that bent, a control tech that bent and a kingsbury a very long time ago that bent.
I think it was around that time that I realised buying lightweight kit for me wasn’t the best way forward. I think for me, the Thomson reputation is deserved, I’m just really unsure about the link for the offset one.
Edit: nearly forgot the syncros. One I think the head came unbonded and the second the head cracked. It was at that time I decided to try these new unheard of Thomson posts.