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Maybe you're too fat? ;) My 808 on an old style Powertap has done a LOT of miles and is still going strong. I've never replaced bearings in it. I have replaced bearings in an even older hub (the non ANT+ variety) twice I think but that wheel was my commuter/winter bike wheel so has seen -much- harsher riding conditions than my race wheel.
I had issues when I chose to upgrade another Powertap wheel to wireless from wired - that was Paligap's fault and they acknowledged and replaced two or three units under warranty because they'd had a run of someone not sealing them properly after the upgrade. One of these was bought stupid cheap from the US, lasted one season and died, but I knew that was a risk - it had a crack in the carbon. Even with the out-of-warranty torque tube it was cheaper than buying a Stages or new Powertap.
With Powertap's now much cheaper I've moved on to the G3 style hubs which are a neater/lighter solution. I've had one Paligap warranty replacement of these style but again it was on a wheel I bought used and I'd done a lot of miles on it so no telling where the issue arose.
I run third-party freehub bodies on my wheels so the cheesey freehub thing also isn't an issue for me.
P2M on the winter bike/commuter I've done one battery swap on. I'll be buying another P2M new in the near future.
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I've had three, sold two because I upgraded cranks and wanted matching arms. I've had two warranty replacements on the gen 1 because of battery door issues but that's been fixed with the newer body style. I've also had two powertaps replaced under warranty and had a torque tube replaced outside of warranty, so they've been no more reliable. Also the older body sl, sl+ powertaps weren't all that, rubbish bearings, and I don't mean what's fitted I mean using tiny bearing races in the non drive side with practically no shielding so they need to be replaced constantly. Rubbish spoke bracing angles because of the massive hub shell with narrow flange spacing. So while they may give you numbers they don't build into very good wheels compared to a normal hub. You can add shit free hub body's and sealing to that list too.