Wix is falling off my list of good filter brands

Japanese products started out as a copy of American products. If they are better quality now, it is because we have slipped. China tries to copy things, but their quality is horrible soo their stuff doesn't work, and is a total waste of $$$ 88 % of the time. did you know Japan made a Motorcycle in the 30s or 40s that they used Harley Davidson's blueprints to build it? A direct copy is how japan started out. Pretty much of the last 15 years, American cars have been copying them on interior and exterior design. the 4 way flasher button in the middle of the dash came from foreign cars.