The Chinese are wasting a major opportunity to completely destroy their competitors because their build quality on Chinese named products is too unreliable, and therefore I can't trust ANY Chinese branded items.
This has been my experience with everything from $10 calculators, watches which loose time, home split air conditioning air conditioning units, industrial air conditioning components, unreliable cars, etc.
The latest item to not live up to promises made (hours of life for example) LED light globe.
A slightly closer look at the failure area.
What caused this failure besides build quality? Using it a light fitting for about the last year or so, very impressive. I am aware that nearly everything is made in China, however, It seems that items made for known brand names are subject to tighter quality controls than those made for unknown or new Chinese brand names.
For me to even consider a Chinese brand it has to be something that I won't mind too much when it fails, as that is my expectation. If I want something to last or I need to rely on it I don't buy Chinese.
