Fabrication Systems

Is this a knock-off? Figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and try a set of these reeds I see everyone using and I am not impressed. Now maybe I'm entering the area off too much valve, going from 4 to 8 petals. When the original manifold only housed two. But IMO these are garbage, compared to what I was running, on the left, which is a fiber with steel support/ hybrid. IDK maybe they're fake? Thought these were supposed be the s**t..