I emailed Rural King and asked who made there prime guard filters. At 2 bucks a filter for your basic fram, not a bad deal.
Prime guard oil filters made by fram.
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prime guard isn't part of Fram. RK's website shoes primarily fram filters but no prime guards. I think Customer Service is just stating who the current vendor is.
Who would be answering emails at Rural King, someone who is an oil filter expert? Prime guard oil filters made by Fram? might be better. If they sell for$2 they buy for $1 or less. The importer buys for 50 cents or less. The Chinese manufacturer makes them for 20 cents or less.
Originally Posted by KenshinHimura
prime guard isn't part of Fram. RK's website shoes primarily fram filters but no prime guards. I think Customer Service is just stating who the current vendor is.
Maybe so. Sorry for bad info
prime guard isn't part of Fram. RK's website shoes primarily fram filters but no prime guards. I think Customer Service is just stating who the current vendor is.
Maybe so. Sorry for bad info
Prime Guard is the same importer that makes AZ Valucraft, Premium Guard jobber filters, and other super low end ones. Made in China (it says so right on the box!).
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
Got my money on
53'Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
Got my money on
53'Stude
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Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
No it's not.
Note that my statement has exactly the same validity as your statement.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
No it's not.
Note that my statement has exactly the same validity as your statement.
Here's this load of bunk "I have no proof," believe me
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
There is NO or ZERO anger. I speak the truth and use these filters. Please stop spreading your misinformation and grasping for claims that hold no truth or weight. I know what I am saying.
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
There is NO or ZERO anger. I speak the truth and use these filters. Please stop spreading your misinformation and grasping for claims that hold no truth or weight. I know what I am saying.
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
There is NO or ZERO anger. I speak the truth and use these filters. Please stop spreading your misinformation and grasping for claims that hold no truth or weight. I know what I am saying.
Right, so you need to go in your calm and read what I wrote. There is no misinformation. Try and imagine you have an oil filter factory and proceed through the costs. Don't forget janitorial and towels in the bathroom.. imagine where you will get materials to produce an oil filter for 20 cents. You aren't buying the best. I have a right to say this and it isn't wrong to say it. Don't respond to my posts since you are very calm they shouldn't bother you.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
That's the biggest lie I ever heard. Maybe they use cheaper media.
Used Prime Guard filters before and they do the job.
No lie there. Everything I said was correctly said. Read better, without the anger. You miss a lot of words.
There is NO or ZERO anger. I speak the truth and use these filters. Please stop spreading your misinformation and grasping for claims that hold no truth or weight. I know what I am saying.
Right, so you need to go in your calm and read what I wrote. There is no misinformation. Try and imagine you have an oil filter factory and proceed through the costs. Don't forget janitorial and towels in the bathroom.. imagine where you will get materials to produce an oil filter for 20 cents. You aren't buying the best. I have a right to say this and it isn't wrong to say it. Don't respond to my posts since you are very calm they shouldn't bother you.
Okie dokie 🤪
I will agree that they are made in China, but disagree that they are inferior.
I will agree that they are made in China, but disagree that they are inferior.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
Have you ever been in a manufacturing setting? Its 100% believeable that a quality filter could be made for 20 cents. Media probably comes in huge rolls and is cut to size. All materials probably come from China where labor and materials are dirt cheap to pay for. In America this probably isn't possible. We pay our workers more which drives up the cost for the products we make. This is also why even if it is made in America the materials are still usually brought in from other countries. I used to weld aluminum ramps for vehicles and all other sorts of things. The cost from conception to physical product was about 80 dollars a piece. We sold these ramps for over 800. Making 10 times of the cost to build. They were still quality ramps. The proofs the point of 20 cents can be a decent filter at 2 dollars. They filters themselves do hold up . I can not speak for filtration rating. Probably about 95% @ 30 microns.
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
Have you ever been in a manufacturing setting? Its 100% believeable that a quality filter could be made for 20 cents. Media probably comes in huge rolls and is cut to size. All materials probably come from China where labor and materials are dirt cheap to pay for. In America this probably isn't possible. We pay our workers more which drives up the cost for the products we make. This is also why even if it is made in America the materials are still usually brought in from other countries. I used to weld aluminum ramps for vehicles and all other sorts of things. The cost from conception to physical product was about 80 dollars a piece. We sold these ramps for over 800. Making 10 times of the cost to build. They were still quality ramps. The proofs the point of 20 cents can be a decent filter at 2 dollars. They filters themselves do hold up . I can not speak for filtration rating. Probably about 95% @ 30 microns.
Originally Posted by Micahmcmeen
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
Have you ever been in a manufacturing setting? Its 100% believeable that a quality filter could be made for 20 cents. Media probably comes in huge rolls and is cut to size. All materials probably come from China where labor and materials are dirt cheap to pay for. In America this probably isn't possible. We pay our workers more which drives up the cost for the products we make. This is also why even if it is made in America the materials are still usually brought in from other countries. I used to weld aluminum ramps for vehicles and all other sorts of things. The cost from conception to physical product was about 80 dollars a piece. We sold these ramps for over 800. Making 10 times of the cost to build. They were still quality ramps. The proofs the point of 20 cents can be a decent filter at 2 dollars. They filters themselves do hold up . I can not speak for filtration rating. Probably about 95% @ 30 microns.
I wasn't making a definitive claim in my post. Read it. I have been in charge of a large facilty as a working supervisor and did do all the ordering of materials and supplies. Including paper towels and work clothes to large machines and specialized optical materials.. For a couple decades. So I do know what it takes to run a shop. Even in China there are costs. I think I may be pretty accurate in what they do to get materials. I have no proof, it's just a discussion.The same way we see particle board instead of plywood. They use scrap chips to make OSB and particle board and that's why it is cheaper. Not exactly rocket science.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Very inexpensive Chinese generic products may have waste material made to look pretty. They can't make a filter for 20 cents and buy quality materials. They put plastic in baby food as filler. awhile back. I have no proof, but wouldn't doubt the materials in the cheap Chinese filters are waste products swept off the floor from other processes and reformed into an oil filter.
Have you ever been in a manufacturing setting? Its 100% believeable that a quality filter could be made for 20 cents. Media probably comes in huge rolls and is cut to size. All materials probably come from China where labor and materials are dirt cheap to pay for. In America this probably isn't possible. We pay our workers more which drives up the cost for the products we make. This is also why even if it is made in America the materials are still usually brought in from other countries. I used to weld aluminum ramps for vehicles and all other sorts of things. The cost from conception to physical product was about 80 dollars a piece. We sold these ramps for over 800. Making 10 times of the cost to build. They were still quality ramps. The proofs the point of 20 cents can be a decent filter at 2 dollars. They filters themselves do hold up . I can not speak for filtration rating. Probably about 95% @ 30 microns.
I wasn't making a definitive claim in my post. Read it. I have been in charge of a large facilty as a working supervisor and did do all the ordering of materials and supplies. Including paper towels and work clothes to large machines and specialized optical materials.. For a couple decades. So I do know what it takes to run a shop. Even in China there are costs. I think I may be pretty accurate in what they do to get materials. I have no proof, it's just a discussion.The same way we see particle board instead of plywood. They use scrap chips to make OSB and particle board and that's why it is cheaper. Not exactly rocket science.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
There is no misinformation. Try and imagine you have an oil filter factory and proceed through the costs. Don't forget janitorial and towels in the bathroom.. imagine where you will get materials to produce an oil filter for 20 cents.
I think I may be pretty accurate in what they do to get materials. I have no proof, it's just a discussion.
In other words, a crazy conspiracy theory with absolutely no proof ... OK. No surprise ...
There is no misinformation. Try and imagine you have an oil filter factory and proceed through the costs. Don't forget janitorial and towels in the bathroom.. imagine where you will get materials to produce an oil filter for 20 cents.
I think I may be pretty accurate in what they do to get materials. I have no proof, it's just a discussion.
In other words, a crazy conspiracy theory with absolutely no proof ... OK. No surprise ...
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