From my experience the magnesium rod tend to give the hot water a rotten egg smell or at least in my case that smell went away when I replaced it with an aluminum rod. YMMV!
I've never had a water tank leak, have mostly used aluminum rods. I believe the rate at which the rod degrades is as much to do with the quality of the incoming water. My last rig I used 2 filters, 1 for sediment & 1 with charcoal to improve taste, a filter before & after the water softener, with this setup I got about 2 years service from the anode rod along with good tasting water & crystal clear ice cubes every where we connected.
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Full-timed 10+ years
Sold '13 Redwood FB
Traded '13 GMC Denali DRW D/A
Replacement undetermined
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