Maybe I better clarify myself before I get crapped on too much....LOL Back in 2011 Robart " partnered" ( did not buy)with Down and Locked with their design and at that time used "made in America retract mechanism on their electric retracts with an external control box and not have the control unit on each retract mechanism itself like the Chinese and Eflite (made in china) electric retracts. The mechanical portion of the retract was made by Robart. What they do now; who knows. Once a successful item is made in a country ; quite often it is sourced out to another country because of the buck. Basically it is all in quality control and what is done and how fast it is done to correct flaws. Testing and correction is usually the key to success