Luber-Finer vs Donaldson Filters

[seafish]

A distributor that I like no longer carries Donaldson Filters that I use on my 2005 upgraded fuel, power steering and coolant filter systems.

He is recommending direct fit crosses with filters made by Luber Finer.

ALL opinions on the quality of Luber-Fiber filters are welcome.

ALSO, any legit distributors for Donaldson filters are welcome.
That said, please NO amazon links...love the price, hate the fraud.

TIA

 

[endoscott]

2020 – Luber-finer® and Champion Laboratories become part of First Brands Group, LLC (formerly TRICO Group).
Prior to that since 2003 they were owned by Carlyle group (private equity).

It does look like they have manufacturing facilities in Illinois and S. Carolina. These days that probably means "assembling out of Chinese made filtration material".

Carlyle has very strong Chinese ties. Not that there is anything wrong with that-Chinese stuff has gotten better, but it's hard for me to get over decades of crappy everything from there. Now it is extrememly difficult to find high quality goods no matter how much you are willing to pay for quality.
As far as filter go, possibly all of the other ones are also made in China, India, Vietnam, wherever. Quality levels from the Pakistan video someone posted a while back to "American" level quality if the facility has guidance from American trained engineers, dunno.

Where are Donaldson filters made???

 

[endoscott]

according to Wiki they have relatively new state-of-the-art plants in Czech Republic, Bogota, and Poland, interesting!

Donaldson Company, Inc. is a vertically integrated filtration company engaged in the production and marketing of air filters used in a variety of industry sectors, including commercial/industrial (engines, exhausts, transmissions, vents in private vehicles, hydraulics), aerospace (helicopters, planes), chemical, alternative energy (windmills) and pharmaceuticals. Also the company's research division, located in Minneapolis, Minn., participated in defense-related projects for various military applications (see below).

As a multinational company it operates in Belgium, Mexico, China, UK, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, USA, South Africa, Russia,[4] Japan, Italy, Germany and France. In fiscal year 2016 20.3% of sales came from business in the Asia-Pacific region (up from 19.9%), 28.5% from Europe (vs 28.3%) and 42.2% from the US (42.5% in 2015).[1] The company also makes aftermarket parts.

 

[Ozymandias]

I use CROSSFILTER as a vendor through Amazon.
It's a reputable company and does not sell counterfeit filters.
https://crossfilters.com/

JFYI

 

[AH64ID]

I’ve always heard good things about liber-finer.

I would want to research the filter specs before purchasing them thou, as not all cross reference filters are created equal.

I use CROSSFILTER as a vendor through Amazon.
It's a reputable company and does not sell counterfeit filters.
https://crossfilters.com/

JFYI

I’ve had good luck with them.

 

[06 Dodge]

I use CROSSFILTER as a vendor through Amazon.
It's a reputable company and does not sell counterfeit filters.
https://crossfilters.com/

JFYI

Crossfilter is who I buy my Donaldson filters from since 2018, they have the lowest price on the 7349 filters and all the ones I have gotten have been come in a sealed box that is nice for storage