What is going on with Momo steering wheels? Options

[Steve]

What is going on with Momo steering wheels?
I first bought a new Momo Tuner 350mm
It measured 14” top to bottom and the top grip measured 3 3/4” circumference.
The whole wheel was hard as a rock. Everything said made in Italy and the wheel looked nice.
I bought it through EBay and returned it.
I then bought a new Momo Monte Carlo 350mm from Amazon.
It measured 13.5” top to bottom and the top grip measured 3 3/4” circumference.
This wheel was also hard as a rock. Both wheels said made in Italy and showed D35 on the back for 350mm.
Are these Chinese knock offs?
Is Pelican and others selling the same crap?

[JamesM]

Not sure what exactly you are going for, but that is concerning if it is made in China.

Yes, im sure China can make decent products (though I have yet to first had know of any) but my experience with Chinese "leather" has been not great.

In the 90s I used to always wear Doc Martins boots, Made in England and would just last forever, literally, I still have the first pair I ever bought. The rubber soles are pretty well worn and they are scuffed up, but they are 100% intact after initially wearing them every day for about 5 years.

Then I bought a pair of the exact same style of boot after (unknowingly) they had outsourced production to China. The "leather" never broke in properly and they didnt last a year. I say "leather" because as those boots started to literally dissolve and crumble over the course of that year I found that the material they were made of was very different from actual leather and more resembled a mulit layered pressed cardboard that was died black.

Funny that pair cost just as much as the ones that were made in England. I would have gladly paid double to have the originals again.

Consumer grade manufacturing in China is trash... there i said it. Someone please feel free to show me otherwise.