I’m not too pleased with Home Depot - everything I buy there seems to break within 6 months. I believe, but have no evidence, that even the big brands like Delta, Rubbermaid, etc... have cheaper versions of the same product, made just for Home Depot.
Add in the gay-thing, and I’ll stick with the family-run run local hardware store down the street.
Unfortunately this is true for almost all of the big box stores. For example: you buy a Husky Power Washer from Home Depot. It has a Husky label on it, and a owner's manual with a model number, etc. But, good luck finding parts numbers, getting parts, or anything else except simple stuff like hoses and connectors. Home Depot buys them by the railroad car load and each lot is built for them at a negotiated rock bottom price so the manufacturer basically produces a knock off of his own product. And that Honda engine powering the whole contraption - same thing.
“I believe, but have no evidence, that even the big brands like Delta, Rubbermaid, etc... have cheaper versions of the same product, made just for Home Depot.”
They are. I am sorry that at this moment I can’t remember where I learned that, but they are.