I think a great way to improve this sub would be for people to: a) get a grip when it comes to lifespan vs useage, ie understanding that if it only gets used once every two years and it still works great it might not actually be bifl, it might just be stored correctly b) realise that care and storage are 50% of why things last, ie, stop tumble drying your clothes, and c) letting go of the boring knee jerk anti-China sentiment. there are loads of skilled workers in Asia & there are sweatshops producing clothes in the USA! you might be more likely to get a better quality product if it’s made in the US, but that’s just because statistically more things are made in China! It doesn’t mean that China = automatically bad.