True, though there’s a challenge even with that, which is that most brands even high quality ones now have a mix of products, where their low-end ones are cheap rebranded crap, and their high-end ones are still manufactured in high-quality facilities. But figuring out where that split in their product line is takes work.
I recently had to do that for buying a torque wrench, a hand blender, and a couple of other things.
TLDR - he found out what factory in China the product is made in, then did a comparison test with a similar tool made in the same factory but at one third the cost. Found the cheaper tool was higher quality.
I recently had to do that for buying a torque wrench, a hand blender, and a couple of other things.