The handle I kept but then and had him in recent months quite often in use (about 4 times per week). Up to a point the price for this now really no longer acceptable. The rubber coating began to peel away from the edges and after 4 months of use (!). This is a brand product that I provide high quality claims to tolerate in any way, and certainly not for these salted price!
Here you pay once more the name, the product has disappointed me. It does certainly a much cheaper alternative (some of them even with a metal screw).
The BG-E11 joins therefore not in the otherwise good range of products made by Canon.