Even the Germans run to china.. like how Diana seems more German snowpeak.. but true here you got to pay and deal with €pa, osha, liability, worker benefits, wages, corp tax , ect, ect,..Pellets are machine made, where the machine is “set it and forget it” for a few hours. The only advantages the Chinese have are the environmental laws and ironically the low pay allows them to do better quality control on what comes out of the machine. There is very little Union labor involved in transporting pellets from US factory to Walmart.
The US manufacturers should be investing heavily in optical and weight check quality control machinery, but they won’t unless their margins start shrinking from Chinese competitors. They may even decide to just relabel Chinese stuff in the future. I love America, but there is a lot of hubris when it comes to American companies. I wish more US companies were proud of their work like the Germans.
-Marty
In china just pay off the ccp man his cut and go ...
You make a brick here you can sell for $100 but your cost to make it is 70$
Make it in china + ship it around the world and sell it for 80$ and your cost to make it is $30. So make it here and deal with all that mess and make 20$ or move to China and pocket $50 ?
Tough call...

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