People told me the same when I was looking at a cranks and I was looking at ohio,rpm and hawks cranks. I bought the hawks and it is running now for almost a year with no problems. I also bought the forged h beam rods from hawks as well. I was told that hawks ohio and rpm are made in the same factory then sold to different companies that finish off the machine work. I don't know how true that is though, just heard and read it alot..