Northwind, you don’t think it’s a bad piece of metal?
Wouldn’t want to judge, though it seems the most likely cause- mass produced part with irregular failures, after all.
But like PeterPoddy says, it’s something that Pro 2s do, and it’s been happening for as long as there’s been pro 2s, and it’s still happening with the latest Pro 2s- so definately not “a bad batch”. (TBH, it never is, is it?)
It’s like the maxle axles- the aftersales is decent to fix it when it goes wrong, but that’s not the same as fixing the fault. Like I say- that’s what Hope do best.