I’m not sure I understand that. The filtering media is tearing, not the attachment to the end cap.
Yes, I've never understood the blowback against the paper end-caps, the filter media is paper. So ... only use metal-mesh filters with no paper?
you are both correct, the issue boils down to paper end caps are cheap jobber level filters with substandard media, construction and quality of materials.
I prefer ones without end caps, although the fiber ones are all right. The only ones we’ve regularly seen separating from the media are metal ones.
so you’re going to tell me that a PH and TG are in the same quality level of a premium guard or endurance?
Quality to me is a filter that has mechanical stability (doesn’t tear or have the end caps detach) and has superior filtering efficiency.
I believe you're making gross generalizations and false equivalencies here.
everything you listed is what a premium guard is doing at the minute. i still use Fram Endurances weekly as i do premium guards.
this tier of filter is competing with jobber filters. the PH lineis built as cheaply as possible minus having a silicone ADBV. cheap filters are built to a lower standard than higher tier filters. look at purolator and fram. their lower tier filters are tearing. i am including the previous Mobil 1 filter and Ultra here. compare these to an endurance or a BOSS with reinforced dual ply media, they don’t tear. circling back to kschachn’s point, both of these filters are indeed flawed. Endurance currently doesn’t have a smooth leaf spring. this spans all of the Fram/champ filter lineup at the moment. The boss is built like an absolute tank yet has poor efficiency. this is why we are all hyper focused on Premium guard XL filters at the moment.
