Adept connecting rods???

The last set of K1 rods I bought for $500 had a sticker right on the box "MADE IN CHINA".

Cheap rods are cheap to buy. Once you re-size the small end, and most times the big end( I just had a set that was .0025" out-of-round, Eagle I beams), grind them to make the weight right(total weight doesnt count, the small/big ends have to weight the same), you may well have more invested into them than a better set of rods. The SCAT I beam rods are nice and I have yet to do anything to a set other than clean them and install them.