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The question should be whether a home user needs a honing rod, steel or ceramic. I don't think so. Provided there's a good edge after stone sharpening — and factory edges are generally poor and weak — you may maintain it almost indefinitely with a piece of cardboard and once in a few weeks a few strokes on a fine stone. Full sharpening is rarely necessary.
The Zwilling ceramic rod you mentioned is extremely coarse, and I wonder how people will get rid of the fat burr it creates.
The Dickoron Micro you've mentioned is an excellent tool to maintain an already good edge in a professional environment. It doesn't create a good edge when there was no one before.
A fine ceramic rod may be an intermediate solution if you know very well what you're doing.
In no case the result is better than working on a good stone. And destroying a decent edge with a ceramic rod is very simple.
The Zwilling ceramic rod you mentioned is extremely coarse, and I wonder how people will get rid of the fat burr it creates.
The Dickoron Micro you've mentioned is an excellent tool to maintain an already good edge in a professional environment. It doesn't create a good edge when there was no one before.
A fine ceramic rod may be an intermediate solution if you know very well what you're doing.
In no case the result is better than working on a good stone. And destroying a decent edge with a ceramic rod is very simple.