Is it that since so many of us like this grinder, but some people seem to think that we're saying that it's immortal...that normal physics has no hold on it?
No matter how awesome you make your product, metal still wears in this universe...right?
My comments on wear and tear hold true - my anodised finish has held up extremely well on all of my sections which are Emerald, Sapphire and OG-Hematite, I guess they were coloured quite early on in terms of batches sent to be anodised, it is also a different alloy stock to the current production batch from what I have gathered. Perhaps worthy to note,
@Grinders for Life.
But also, it's not without damage.
I have seen and commented on similar wear, but on the central pin in the bottom chamber section. The hexagon has been abrased on it's outer points. It's become worse now, but it's still a tiny surface area.
My mid-plates have held up well, I guess they've been protected to some extent by bits of herb that stick to the central pin. I thought there was no damage here, but scraping some of that herb away does show a tiny speck of silver on my dark hematite plate.
All metal grinders will shed and contaminate to some extent. So do my metal vapes. It's undesirable, however I find the risk worth the pay-off.
I do believe there will eventually be options for titanium and stainless steel BCG's, which would be more appropriate to anyone being properly careful in terms of biocompatability.