we have chinese trained and educated engineers here at our company and they rock!
I think its more a function of the company and its policies than place of manufacture...case in point THE PINTO...corners were cut on the corporate level and the result was a shitty product...wouldn't have mattered if it were made here (it was), mexico, brazil or asia...
If a company is forcing its QC policies in its own plants, i don't see a problem.
Tim, your comment about us dollars staying here is, ahem, bullshit.
Why, there was a time you could buy BD shit in EUROPE and send it here in the mail for 30-40% cheaper than buying it here. Its global now...
That being said, i'm going to buy some Metolius shiznet now...