Oil filter price comparison!!

[blown motor]

The thread that BIGS started about Napa gold filters no longer being made in the US got me oil filter shopping. I live in Canada but I'm in the US regularly so I shop both sides of the border. A 12 pack of WIX 51515 filters from Amazon USA with NY state sales tax of 8% and exchange to Canadian dollars will cost me $118 and I would pick them up when I'm there. That same box of filters bought through Amazon Canada and add on 13% Ontario and federal sales tax would cost me $342!!! The only unknown is where the filters are made but I'm going to order a case and see. If they're made in China...well, at least Amazon has an easy return policy.

[JH27N0B]

The subject of oil filters has been subject to a lot of chatter on the forums recently with NAPA changing to their Gold filters to some Chinese source.
People online say 51515 filters are still US but the 51515R filters are made in China now.
I was on Rock Auto last week and was checking out oil filters.  The one for my DD showed one WIX available closeout for $3 so I figured I would scoop it up.  Of course when I added some other items to my cart the shipping doubled, and nothing I could do adding and subtracting items could get the shipping down as it seemed that single available closeout filter was in its own dedicated shipping location!
The joys of buying from Rock Auto with their shipping...
I did end up getting it anyway, along with some other filters, both WIX and Mopar.  They show 51515s there at under $5 each.  Additionally if you hunt around you can usually track down one of their current 5% off codes to use to get that price down more.
I didn't order any 51515s this time as I already have a couple in my garage cabinet, and recently found a chain store I go to had a bunch of Fram items on their closeout racks including TG8HAs which are the right size for vintage Mopar V8s.  From what I find online, people say the Fram Tough Guards are OK, so despite reservations on using Fram I couldn't resist grabbing those for $1.87 each!  I think its just the standard orange can Frams that have the horrible quality reputation, and the premium lines are OK. 
I hope I don't find out otherwise the hard way!

[7E-Bodies]

@JH27N0B at $1.87 each, I'd be cutting one open and seeing what was going to be protecting my vintage mopar engine. Oil and filters are one place I won't be bargain hunting.

[JH27N0B]

@JH27N0B at $1.87 each, I'd be cutting one open and seeing what was going to be protecting my vintage mopar engine. Oil and filters are one place I won't be bargain hunting.

I'll be happy to send it to you postage due to cut open after I use if you want? 
I bought one on a gamble, then when I got home did some online research and the reviews I found said Tough Guards are fine, not like the "orange can of death" Extra Guard. Using one for my generally 500 miles driving cruise season on my car will be no risk. They still had some in the clearance shelf when I was back there a few days later, so I grabbed a few more! 
I found the forum the oil filter expert guy runs has members that have thousands of posts, about oil filters and oil matters? And we can't get near that volume on a forum dedicated to fascinating E bodies? What is wrong with that picture where members run up thousands and thousands of posts about filters, and members here rarely have even 1000 posts?
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/anyone-using-the-fram-tough-guard.365548/
From what I've found researching oil filters, AC Delco and Fram Extra Guard are the 2 filters to avoid. The rest are safe.