Most of the HS reels I open up are a brown, sticky, seized up mess. I don't need a chart to tell me it's durability is crap. It simply doesn's hold up to what we put our gear through. I've said it before: HS is for trailer queens, and mostly for looks.

Gotta ask, what's a "trailer queen"?

Big hat, no cattle. All show, no go.

Refers to show cars that are never driven, as opposed to hot cars that are daily drivers.

Interesting. I didn't know the "drag" greases could be used elsewhere. Looks like a got a order to place

To directly answer your question, the Hot sauce oil is very good stuff. I've used it for 3 years and it works great, zero complaints.

Same here. All my reels are Quantum PT's that came with Hot Sauce, but I have used it in other reels just fine, however like others have said when changing from one brand to another its best to do a good cleaning first.

The last several reels from Quantums I've worked on (KVD and a couple of Smokes) did not have HS.

Can anyone confirm that they've stopped using it as OE lube?

I just cracked one open last night that was tight enough that I don't think anyone else has been in it and it had an opaque grease in it. I haven't seen or heard anything official from Quantum but I suspect you are correct.