Concerns about the Ultra are a nothingburger. Specs are the same, there haven’t been any photos of torn spin-on Ultras, and if you’re super worried about it you can always buy the Endurance.Maybe a test of the "new and improved" Fram Ultra
I, for one, will use all the Ultras I have on the shelf regardless if they have the wire backing or not, until proven that they’re failure-prone.