Love my ex1501s but you can’t fix them with a hammer like Hopes. Would probably go for ex471s on Hopes if buying again.
All the bearings but one you can fix with a hammer. That one needs the pain-in-the-cock special tool, but you have to weigh that up against the fact that you’ll have changed all the bearings in a Hope hub probably 4 or 5 times, before you have to do that DT bearing once- it’s sealed like a duck’s arse.
(not so good with 350s btw, one of the spec differences is cheaper bearings)
I’ve nothing against Hope for what they are- solid, slightly too expensive midrange performers. They’re not competition for a DT240. Not on longevity, performance, but of course not on price either so it’s fair enough, DTs and Kings are stupidly expensive. They do the same job pretty differently