On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 01:30 PM, wn4isx wrote:

The "less likely to leak" has become a joke, all the major brands now leak long before their use by date.

If rumors are to be believed (I know, there's a major problem with that), then some brands are considerably better than others in this respect.

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I have been warned never to buy name-brand "X" because they almost always leak, whereas name-brand "Y" rarely does.? I have heard that said by several people, which suggests there is some truth to it.

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At the same time, though, I would expect that it is a "moving target", and what was the best advice 5 or 10 years ago, is probably meaningless today, as the name brands frequently change their suppliers.

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It used to be simpler when we knew things were manufactured domestically by the company with the name on the box, by?the same factories and people over long periods of time.? But I digress.

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Andy

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