Really? I've got 785s on two bikes and 8070s on two bikes, and while the 785s are a bit large and chonkeh, I've never had any issues with them functionally. And they were cheeeeeep.
first pair i got (brand new) had a leak (common on the first few models apparently; same experience for a guy in my cycling club). they are also really chunky compared to newer iterations
interesting thank you. yeah i had r785 levers before - they sucked a bit