Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary.
My (silver collared) one is still going!
After the disaster that was the silver collared version, I was put off trying another for more than 12 months! That means I’ve killed 7 in probably less than 3 actual years of trail riding, and given for 18 months of that at least I was doing more road than MTB, well…
I’m so glad I still have a normal seatpost. I haven’t got the patience to pay for the privilege of performing product development for a company.
I’m so glad I stuck with Reverbs, as functioning properly they really are an awesome piece of kit. I’ve got 2 MTB’s though, so when one is out of action, I can jump on the other, and I keep a rigid seatpost spare just in case the worst happens and both Reverbs are broken.
I’ll grant you it’s annoying, but the way I see it is they’ve had some of my money, and as long as I keep breaking their products within warranty period, they keep sending me brand new replacements.
Cheeky answer but maybe its you?
Just bad luck I think, I’m not especially heavy at 80kg, I’m not doing anything untoward to them (such as picking the bike up by the saddle repeatedly) and they get looked after. Always bled perfectly, and use a bit of Fork Juice on the stanchion after cleaning etc. I think I’m the guy that just seems to get all the Friday afternoon posts!