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Awesome, that's very reassuring. I found a video of someone using the Rohloff service kit and was wondering - the fact Shimano doesn't recommend a separate cleaning solution always threw me a bit.
trigs-
Just to counter-balance the above, I have an Alfine 11 Di2 controlled hub and it's miserable. I have to adjust it every 10/14 days (~70km) or so, otherwise gears 5 & 7 slip. In fairness, the fix is just pressing some buttons on the Di2 display unit but on a manually controlled unit I can imagine a huge headache. I don't change gears under power (though I do share the bike with my wife who might be less kind on it) and service it when required. It started happening almost immediately, after maybe 400/500km of riding. The 1000km service did nothing to help.
There's been some chat about Alfine 11 on the cargo bike thread and like the above, some people have had positive experience and some (who seem to work on cargo bikes as mechanics) have not. YMMV.
RubberDucky
I have an alfine 11 on my Surly disc trucker commuter/tourer and it has been fine for a number of years. It does occasionally slip under high torque. Getting the indexing just right takes some practice. Shifting is solid though. I run mine in vertical dropouts with the 2 jockeywheel chain tensioner.
Annually I do a service on it using the Rolholff service fluids (detergent and oil).
I can agree with #6 and #8 especially...