Hub geared tourer - On-one pomp versa 11, Dawes Nomad, roll my own or something else?

I had an interesting conversation with Rob English about the two Alfines. His customers that have the 11 speeds have all complained that the shifting has repeatedly gone out of adjustment, and even when they line up the little dots it still goes out after a while.
His own bike on the other hand has the eight speed and he said he's done thousands of winter miles now on it without a single problem.
He said that if you can manage with only eight gears, at this moment he would still recommend the eight speed alfine over anything but a Rohloff.
I know it's personal opinion at the end of the day, but it was good to hear his opinions on the subject.

I've read similar things from MTB'rs, and Fatbikers. These guys tend to run a far lower GI than the hub is intended for. Yet the A8 seems to cope well.

Would'nt surprise me if the latest Nexus 8 hubs had the Alfine 8 guts in them, now that alfinw has gone to 11.