That's ironic. I was pouring over Aliexpress around the same time looking at these cables from various dealers. I decided to hold off and try something else for now, however I think there are a couple different scenarios that present themselves with these cables. Scenario 1 is the hope that these are made with the same cable material as the real deal product and that the Chinese manufacturer sold off extra product to local dealers either under the table or with slight name variances. Since final assembly on some products may be done back in the US, these Chinese products may be very close to the actual product. That's the dream scenario for buying these products, right? The other equally likely scenario (Scenario 2) is that the item has a fancy, similar appearance to the real deal, but is completely fake on the inside. Therefore a total bogus product and not worth even the time to consider. However, it's the lure of scenario 1 that makes these products so tempting and at the relatively low cost may be worth trying -- which leads me to think the makers and dealers of these products are aware of this minimal financial risk to out of market consumers (Americans, Europeans, etc.) so they use that to their advantage and produce complete fakes and price them to point where they "might just be the real deal" which takes me back to Scenario 2. This is why I decided to hold off.
However, I think it would be great if someone with some deeper pockets and more free time than myself wanted to start a Youtube channel simply for comparing Chi-Fi products and went as far as to have them disassembled for quality and material comparison. I think some of these products may be legit performers, while some may look the part on the outside but are constructed of foil chewing gum wrapper and coat hanger wire on the inside. Just don't be surprised if you get some calls from some legal departments of some top tier cable manufacturers if you take on that challenge.
However, I think it would be great if someone with some deeper pockets and more free time than myself wanted to start a Youtube channel simply for comparing Chi-Fi products and went as far as to have them disassembled for quality and material comparison. I think some of these products may be legit performers, while some may look the part on the outside but are constructed of foil chewing gum wrapper and coat hanger wire on the inside. Just don't be surprised if you get some calls from some legal departments of some top tier cable manufacturers if you take on that challenge.