KATOOM wrote:
....I'd have to say that anytime I see a hecho en China I think "garbage".
I tend to think that way too, but it's not valid to think that way about all things from China, i.e.:
A few months ago I replaced our RV's ~eight year old Interstate AGM batteries. I went searching for "the best" AGM batteries, but had to reject Lifeline because of one of their specifications ... which they refused to budge on when I called them.
I turned to another supplier way up there on the world quality scale right along with Crown ... Rolls-Surette. I picked the Rolls-Surette battery model I wanted and called a distributor in Florida. They said that the model I wanted was made and labeled for them by Fullriver. I found a Fullriver distributor right here at home and picked up a couple of their AGM batteries that were an exact match to the different-colored and of course different labeled model that Rolls-Surette was offereing.
It turns out that Fullriver batteries have quite the reputation and are used all over the world - including the marine part of the world. They are made in a Chinese manufacturing plant.
