Stylus life based on stylus type?

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I've always heard that among other things, stylus life is based on the stylus type. In other words, some stylus types can last a lot longer then others. Can anyone comment on the below list of stylus types and their expected life expectancy? Not sure where I picked up this info but any comments would be appreciated since I have a Micro Line stylus with
a little over 1,500 hours on it.

Conical <700 hrs
Elliptical 1500+ hrs
Micro Line, Ridge 2000 - 2500 hrs
VdH, Shibata, FG 2500 - 3500 hrs

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Topic - Stylus life based on stylus type? - dtyoshih 11:11:16 12/20/14 (9)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - middleground 10:06:00 12/21/14 (1)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - flood2 22:37:36 12/21/14 (0)

Thanks everyone - dtyoshih 20:48:56 12/20/14 (0)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - flood2 15:14:47 12/20/14 (0)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - John Elison 12:36:38 12/20/14 (4)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - tubewade 13:16:29 12/20/14 (3)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - John Elison 13:56:15 12/20/14 (2)

certainly not "might" ... - TBone 08:15:19 12/23/14 (0)

RE: Stylus life based on stylus type? - tubewade 14:09:26 12/20/14 (0)

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