Yeah, the cheap, low-end Frams aren't exactly worth much. There's definitely better filters out there for the same price.
The Purolator tearing thing started a year or 2 ago. There's a bunch of stuff on Bobistheoilguy about it. It doesn't seem to affect the synthetic media filters though, just the Puro classics and pureones (and some others made by Puro).
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