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Or MLM marketed fuel saver tablets for your tank, "One $4.00 tablet will save you $10-15 per tank"

Assuming they have a clue how to factor in costs of returns they must feel it is cheaper to absorb return costs than train/pay for competent packaging staff and higher costs for proper packaging. I think they really do not have a clue.

Home Depot HDX or equivalent Merv 8 is best I find and backed by many HVAC techs. I have a 16x25x4/38 and change 2x/yr.

Home depot sells the HDX store brand filters that are a little cheaper that the others. Often in a twin pack.

You are talking about the Dunning-Kruger effect where people greatly overestimate their own skills and objective thinking.

It is all I use and even in my 24 year old Tercel with 180,000 miles I never had an oil filtration issue/ wear that I could blame on the filter. Same with 15 year old Celica/Camry and 11 so far year old Corolla,They just do the job. Oil quality is far more important and I change by 6K miles/10K...

Likewise,I just use OEM filters and worry about other things

The were OEM on my 2016 Kia Rondo

Applies to furnace filters too

FWIW I remember Scotty Kilmer had some kind of big box fan in some of those old videos.

Maybe ex Navy carrier pilots are looking to revisit that catapult take off feeling ;)

If it is about interest payments the underlying problem is the cost of feeding the debt. Because the Federal Reserve spent the last few years raising interest rates to combat inflation, the government can no longer borrow money at near-0% interest. 2026 inflation is due to at least hit 4% and...

A trade deficit isn't automatically bad. The United States has run a massive trade deficit for decades, yet it remains the primary engine of global innovation and economic growth. Because the US is viewed as the safest, most productive place in the world to invest, foreign capital floods into...

I suspect that tank will leak before the anode needs replacing again. The typical life for the tank is about 15 years

The consumer votes with their wallet and says, no I will not pay more for made in USA products( with some exceptions) I would guess that there are mangement bonuses that are paid if producion cost are decreased.