I’d go out on a limb, and say more than half of the cars on the road are rocking a orange can. Walmart uses them in the auto care department, and many fast lube places use them at least around here. Point is they work just fine for the mass market.
Fram Extra Guard is the best bang for your buck.
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The Tough Guard is rated for upto 15,000 miles and can certainly go for a year. Lots of people leave Fram EG and TG filters (non-metal end caps) on for way more than a year.
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My aftermarket preference are the Asian made filters when I can find them. Other than that, I'll use oem.
I looked at the the TG6607 at WM yesterday and it had a black ADBV while the orange can EG6607 had the orange one. You'd think that Fram would get it's act together and put the better ADBV in their better filter. I know some will say the black ADBV may be silicone but I'm not taking the chance that it's not.
Also, the fiber end caps don't bother me in the least...they may even be better as some others have stated.
Extra guard at Walmart for my Hyundai/KIA vehicles are $5.97. I have no issue with it other than I can get something just as good or better, cheaper.
At least they're not almost $10 anymore, still ridiculous that they're priced higher than the other orange cans, at $10, the Kyundai OEM filter for around $7 was the better choice.
Since when did the EG line have glass media?
So the EG has cellulose/synthetic media capable of, I think, 95% at 20µ (12,000 mile OCI), TG also has cellulose/synthetic media capable of 99% at 20µ (15,000 mile OCI), XG has their new "triple media" which has the same efficiency as the TG but for a longer OCI (20,000 OCI), and then the Titanium (FS) is the old XG. EG and TG have fiber end caps, XG and FS have metal end caps, but all have silicone ADBV and that's about it, besides grip material on the can. Do I have that correct?
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I like the Fram EG. How does 96% @ 20 microns compare to 99% at 30 with the Supertech. It looks to me like the 96 @ 20 would be better, since 30 is 33% larger. If so, Extra Guard for the win.
Might be the same efficiency, just listing a different micron level.
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(30-20)/20 = 50% larger particles
I was looking at it differently, looking at 30 as the whole. But you are right. That's 50% larger.
EG says up to 10,000 miles on the box.
Rather, more is not ALWAYS better.
That is exactly right - I will order 4 or 5 filters and the shipping + tax comes in lower than when buying just 1. Actually every time I order from RA I will toss in a few filters if the same warehouse is being used.
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