There's lots of discussion about the filtering media for these Ford filters but no one discusses the design/location of the bypass valve. The Motorcraft filter has the valve designed to bypass oil straight out without washing over the dirty media. The only articles I have seen regarding this are rather out of date so I don't know if the info is still correct, but they show no other filters meeting this criteria. So, just how important do you folks think this is? How often do oil filters run in bypass anyway? I've got an F150, 4.6 still on factory fill so I'm doing my homework before the first OC. My last F250 was 23 when I got rid of it and I plan on keeping this one just as long. The plan is Motorcraft oil (US SemiSyn) and filters all the way but I'm open to suggestions and friendly debate. Cheers.