I am not trying to reassure myself or deflect, i have had both goodridge and hel over the years (both fine), its just a balance to the discussion, does it matter when they have failed, still going to end in the same result and as you say to me, if you want to dismiss some factual info thats fine
The op post is good info for sure, check your Hel lines but out of millions of lines sold, a few rogue ones are sure to be out there, just like any other high pressure fitting on any other hose, no need for hysteria and necessarily thing other lines dont or havent had failures.