Thread: Made in U.K vs made in China

There is definitely good Chinese gear and then absolute rubbish..

I know a company that buys a bit of stuff from China. 2 recent stories:

1) Sourced a great product. Very happy with it. Noticed on one batch the goods had hand written labels. Tested the batch - goods failed. Supplier admitted that they outsourced that batch because they couldn’t keep up with the demand…. Needless to say - that batch was returned.

2) New product. As part of QC testing - product sent off for external testing. Product passed with flying colours. 40ft container ordered. Sent for the same tests - failed miserably. Supplier admitted that production changes were made to save costs… Every batch is now tested thoroughly (instead of just random QC tests).

It goes back to the old problem - not much is made in OZ anymore… Everyone wants cheap.

“Cheap no good - Good no cheap”

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I knew a soldier who did a lot of work out of helicopters and hated them, he said there were only two types, those that had crashed and those that were going to crash!

It does seem a bit like that some weeks.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

There is definitely good Chinese gear and then absolute rubbish..

I know a company that buys a bit of stuff from China. 2 recent stories:

1) Sourced a great product. Very happy with it. Noticed on one batch the goods had hand written labels. Tested the batch - goods failed. Supplier admitted that they outsourced that batch because they couldn’t keep up with the demand…. Needless to say - that batch was returned.

2) New product. As part of QC testing - product sent off for external testing. Product passed with flying colours. 40ft container ordered. Sent for the same tests - failed miserably. Supplier admitted that production changes were made to save costs… Every batch is now tested thoroughly (instead of just random QC tests).

It goes back to the old problem - not much is made in OZ anymore… Everyone wants cheap.

“Cheap no good - Good no cheap”

A little bit of material shaved off here & there can weaken the whole article leading to mass failure or the article breaks in your hand with the slightest pressure.