I bought a $90 US made wood rack (for stacking fire wood outside my house) It's made of fairly thin tube metal and the paint was rough textured (and peeling already) it also did not have bracing to keep the two half's from separating at the bottom. When I bought it I thought, well its expensive but its made in america so it should be better than the cheap Chinese one at my local hardware store. I decided I needed another wood rack so I bought a $39 Chinese made one sold locally because I was in a hurry to get my firewood put away. It was made of thicker gauge tubing had a better semi-gloss powder coat, had bracing and was much sturdier in general. Now they both work fine, but which one was really a better value?
I never said it was true for all American products so don't freak out. I'll pay more for the American made product if it is higher quality anyday. So far I haven't seen any comparisons between M&R and Rigid so by all means write one!
