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Research findings are meaningless if they can't be duplicated, so TH should take the top 5 and another 5 assortment of the rest, and see if the findings can be duplicated.

Personally I'd have difficulty buying anything but Samsung Pro (and Pro Endurance) or PNY.
 
I've had good luck with Sandisk endurance, and Samsung evo bought off of amazon directly (not a 3rd party seller).
They still work after some 5 years.