Dear Bagsheera,
Its wonderful to know that others have one too and that the problems seem normal. I guess that I shall have to play around with it a bit to get the correct bands.

I have been trying it on and off however, cant say that I followed all the instructions according to the book.
I bought this in Tokyo quite a few years ago and even then, it seems well advanced.

Still trying to get the ideal mess tin ;-0

Best wishes,
Oliver