The facts are they are all manufactured to meet the same minimum SFI standards. (Excepting the OE ones.) No one seems to be manufacturing them to a higher level as there is no marketing that points to that.
So the differences revolve around the materials used and the manufacturing processes. The Lakewood is stamped out of heavy guage steel. The others are machined castings using various materials.
So the biggest difference is weight.
There are lots of complaints across the interweb about Lakewood's machining accuracy so my assumption is they use a more low tech machining process than the other brands. Pay less do more work.
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If it breaks. I didn't want it in the first place.
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