Yeah to some it can be a inconvenience to try and get a genuine filter from Subaru, especially when there part department is only open Monday to Friday, with the odd places opening Saturday. While repo or auto pro are open 7 days a week till 5pm and there's usually one locally. All I'm saying is why spend the extra $5-$10 on genuine? When you can buy aftermarket which works exactly the same and just as we'll, for $5-$10 less. Pretty much a no brainer for me.

Things like seals and gaskets I always buy genuine as some after markets can be more expensive or not made right.