Poor quality pipe and fittings...made in USA...Boilerpro

Been noticing lots of poor quality pipe and fittings. Since I'm still a one man shop, I hand thread most of my smaller stuff and seem to find most pipe is full of hard or brittle spots..maybe I just need some pointers on pipe threading. Even the factory threads are often crooked.The latest is pipe marked WTC, but I have also tried Sawhill and others. Only good stuff I've found is Sharon Tube...I understand this is seamless pipe so there is no brittle weld. This stuff threads like butter. Way too often I find piping running at odd angles once it is threaded into a fitting. Even fittings made by Ward, supposedly the industry standard. My supplier, who generally tells it like it is, says the imported SA brand now has a lower defect rate than Ward, and is beginning to stock thier fittings side by side with Ward. I get a strong sense we are back in the 70's U.S. again where production volume (under the guise of improving productivity)has eclipsed quality once again. It seems not much made these days is made well. Just wondering if the rest of you have found this same trend and may have some brands where this has not been the case.

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For just a few fittings I would go to a local plumbing supply house or big box store. If it is something odd ball I would look online.
When I was piping the compressed air lines in my shop with the rapid air system I wanted to use a stainless steel street 90 to locate the quick connects pointing towards the floor. Being a plumbing engineer and designing hospitals, schools and other large projects I called my friends at the supply house. Their price was sky high. On Amazon I found the needed fittings, made in America. After paying shipping and having to order extra I still paid about 1/3 the supply house price.
Sometimes it doe not pay to buy locale.

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