Originally Posted by
Litespud
good for you, I guess, but the consequences of my foot pulling out of the pedal at the wrong moment are potentially serious enough to make me spend the extra on the real thing rather than an alternative of unknown provenance and QC. At the end of the day, “compatible” means nothing more than “it’ll fit in your pedal” - says nothing about “it’ll stay in your pedal”
I've bought "compatible" non branded products from prime sellers and it turned out to be crappy quality and some that met all of my expectations. I've had some great knockoff $12/pair brake rotors but extremely poor $3 brake pads. None of it was counterfeit or Shinamo instead of Shimano. Just random makers of stuff. Some works, some does not. Not specific to Amazon at all.