Comment by kube-system

It's easy to get that impression when you're buying stuff from the big box store, because it's all race to the bottom type stuff.

When I run into this issue in any product category, I can solve it by searching for a solution from an "industrial" or "commercial" supplier. It'll cost 10x, but it'll usually work, and if it doesn't you'll at least be able to talk to someone who knows what they're doing.

In just about any product category, there is very little quality difference within the same order of magnitude in cost.