What’s the consensus? Doing a lot of reading. What’s the new ‘best filter’ for 7.5-10k intervals?
Depends on the application, make, model etc...
If your vehicle oil filter base mount thread is sized at 3/4-16 UNF (Toyota & some Ford) and available mounting clearance, you're lucky with fairly lots of options. I'll post my rankings of what I feel is top to the line to average and mediocre.
FRAM Titanium/Ultra ( affectionately aka OG Ultra here ) , FS4967, FS3614, FS3600, FS8A (old stock with pink synthetic media) Which has been proven here to be top of the line per Ascent's Filtration Testing.
Donaldson P551132, a high efficiency 17 micron lube filter (Currently running/vetting on my Daily Driver)
FRAM Endurance, probably the best you can get from FRAM currently, which are identical to Amsoil & Royal Purple rated at 20 microns.
Fleetguard LF16011, another high efficiency option using StrataPore media rated at 30 microns but expensive to obtain.
Premium Guard, MicroGard Select, STP Extended Life, Carquest Premium (all of the same from China/Vietnam) A resin based blend media filter that is getting popular here. Wide local retail availability can be found for 10 dollars or less. Rated at 25 microns.
Supertech MP, rip, they've gone extinct just like the OG Ultra Frams. Just get an AC Delco at this point. Its the same filter more or less.
Purlator Boss, if you care more about looks and durability over filtration performance is also an option but I personally wouldn't run it as an extended drain filter due to official spec sheets says otherwise. Rated at 46 microns.
Mobil1, overpriced celluose blend 30 micron filter with some quality issues on media durability, absolute meme product.
Wix XP, its been recently cheapened but also overpriced. Just get the Boss instead if no other options available. Wix doesn't publish efficiency ratings.
Although my car is originally spec'd for a very small sized filter, it can mount larger ones which I personally favor for extra capacity, potential higher efficiency from increased surface area, and service headroom. Your milage may vary.