It's 2015. Almost '16. I don't believe that you can buy a popular name brand air filter now days of any type and have problems other then user error (over oiling/not cleaning/replacing).
Guess again. Air filters filter different amounts of particulates. Some designs just work better than others.
We are in a sue happy era & its not the auto industries first rodeo. Companies can't risk reputations with the informed modern consumer or they just won't last.
I think it was P. T. Barnum who said "There's a sucker born every minute".