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Thanks a lot.   I bled my Shimano brakes in the past with Putoline HPX too. And you are right, it is easy cheaper and works great. I never had strong wandering point on my Shimano brakes (even with the delivered oil). Some of them were slight leaking though. I like the ergonomic of Shimano levers but prefer the magura callipers with their simple retention system.   I do not appreciate the lack oft stiffness of the 501 lever series. I found the m6000 much better in this regard. On drops, don't you hit your finger with the blade? Maybe you use Sugru? Let see if I pair an old SLX M666 lever to some magura callipers the next few months ... Hope for the best. I am still a big fan of the bb7 though, even with the quite spongy feel and difficult actuation. They are so reliable, easy to fix and install.  

I'm using the MT501 levers, so with servo wave linkage. No wandering bite point. I've bled them with Putoline hpx 2.5, was way cheaper than Magura fluid at the moto store, and a bit thinner too, if that makes a difference. Of course with trials they don't get hot either. Chose these instead of the 6000 series Deore levers, as the 501 still use the thicker old style lever blade. Unfortunately they don't have the support bridge at the clamp for extra stiffness, but figured the stronger lever blade would be more beneficial for trials.

Are you using standard MTB Deore levers vor the trekking Version? If you use the MTB version, don't you wandering bite point? I built brakes with an old Louise levers with mt calipers. I did not ride them much but it felt first OK for my weight, even if I would appreciate more power. Maybe better brake pads. The Louise levers are unfortunately known to break quite easily.   It seems companies still struggle to build a disc brake... Maybe they shall focus on function instead of weight and bling.

Such a shame the camera doesn't do any justice on the scale of this location or the lines ridden. Equally so that you might be calling it time out on future content.