Fuel Filter for Intrigue

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I was looking around for fuel filter brands as I am going to get it replaced it next week. I picked up the Microgard/Oreilly house brand, Purolator, and a fram. Here are the differences:

Microgard (O'reilly House Brand): $6.99, Wide spacing between pleats, weighed 4.2 ounces, Made in Taiwan, Same part number 33311 on box as Wix, but no markings on filter

Purolator: $10.99, Very densely packed pleats, weighed 5.3 ounces, Made in China, Model number F54714 stamped on filter

Fram: $9.59, Very densely packed pleats, weighed 5.7 ounces, Made in China, Model number G7315 stamped on filter
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The purolator and fram seemed better built with tight pleat spacing and better seams/metal construction. I shined a flashlight into one end and you can get a glimpse of the filter construction. I imagine the tightly spaced pleats of the Purolator/Fram lead to better filtration. Purolator/Fram actually weighed a whole ounce more than the o'reilly. The filter in the Purolator and Fram looked very similar with the same tightly packed pleats. The fram seemed to have a little thicker metal but may have a slightly shorter filter than the purolator.

I have a feeling the wix and all the house brands are the same filter as the 33311 filter from O'reilly. The picture on the Wix website matches up exactly with the house brand from O'reilly.

Another thing...The internal filter of the fram and purolator look similar enough that they could almost be made at the same factory.

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Added a description of the fram since I happened to be at another store today for a light bulb.

I'm going with the purolator, but it was pretty much a toss up for me between that and the fram. They're both built very similarly
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Another Note:

This filter is definitely not a lifetime filter. I've actually done mine twice. Once around 50k and a second time around 100k. The second time i could tell right away that it was changed.