Was it really a stainless steel 420?
928764
First of all, I would like to describe the complication that occurred while it was shipped. I ordered a bearing ball with two day shipping, and I occasionally tracked the shipment. On its supposedly arrival day, it said delivered on Amazon.com but it never arrived. Thanks to good Amazon customer service this problem was solved when they refunded me the money for not receiving the item and they upgraded my shipping to one day when I bought that same day. So the next day the package arrived, but I was instantly disappointed seeing very bad packaging of a bearing ball. It basically came in a large brown envelop with air bubble glued inside with no adequate shock absorbing material inside. The package was dropped multiple times during the transit, and due to very thin layer of envelop, the damage was done to the actual bearing ball. It had few major scratches and a deep dent/ micro hole on the ball's surface. I do not understand this carelessness in shipment since Surface (Grade and uniformity) is the determinant factor for the high price of bearing balls. I would not pay more than $10 for this ball if it wasn't for its grade (determines the uniformity and roundness of the surface) and stainless steel 420. I returned the bearing ball for a refund.

Notes on the bearing ball itself:
The bearing ball was not mirror polished as shown in the picture, but it says in the description that it is supposed to be smooth polished. I don't really care about the mirror finish as long as it is extremely smooth that Grade 25 usually has. However, Stainless steel bearing balls are usually always mirror polished which made me think was it really made up of stainless steel let alone 420.  It looked more like a chrome steel ball than stainless steel, but I doubt they would send me a wrong product with right description on the package (which would be a cheating).

Notes on BC Precision Balls:
I was actually very surprised to have gotten a bad quality bearing ball from this seller. I have ordered bearing balls of 1" , 2", and 3" multiple times last year and I never had any issues with any of them. Though, I mostly ordered chrome steel products from them. This is my first stainless steel bearing ball from BC Precision Balls, and I think this might be just an isolated bad incident. I will do business with this seller in future, and I really do recommend them to anyone. VXB bearings is the other seller for bearing balls, but their quality sucks, and cost way more than they are supposed to.
1481914
This hood is not all stainless - only the edges are stainless. The rest of the hood is painted black metal.
Based on other reviews, I expected the hood to be better than what I received. The box states that this is an economy hood and the quality matches the description. The hood works fine, but I expected something of thicker metal. I could have gotten a similar economy hood locally for the same quality at a lower price.
1110247
TWICE they sent me the 25' zinc plated steel instead of advertised 20' stainless steel. Allstar's site reveals they have the wrong product number ALL48327 is steel, ALL48320 is stainless...I have informed Amazon of this twice and still have not received correct part, though they picked up the erroneous part promptly
2815520
Went to buy one from West Marine, and they wanted $30 for one made out of pot metal. This one is all stainless steel.
2023649
Well I got my product and to be sure of its quality I tested it with a magnet and stainless steel fork to dicern what metal all the parts were made of. I  found the reducer to be magnetic as well as the base, the top of the funnel, and the bottom of the top half. The rest was not magnetic but the handle on the reducer seems to be aluminum which is a bit disappointing. I from what I can tell they didn't use 18/10 steel on everything, as it shouldn't be magnetic at all. I am guessing 18/10 on most of the top, maybe on the bottom too if the magneticness is from a non steel core between two layers of steel, but the rest is likely a cheeper stainless steel if not just regular steel. I would like a comment back from the company to know what the real deal is, and based on that my rating will go up or down...
3017710
Bought it because is said it was stainless steel.  Put a magnet on it and could hardly pull it off.  OK feeler gauges, but not what was advertised.  Hope Amazon gets the labeling right for the next guy.
3941493
Believe this would be a very nice item if it worked.  The thermostat on item received over cooked even on the lowest setting.  Beware, item description says stainless steel, only the area to place the batter is stainless steel.  The other construction seems to be of some other material unknown to me.
4897384
I purchased this in July 2016 and after two Buffalo winters, I am seeing a lot of rust. If it truly was 304 stainless steel that would not be the case. As is the case with most Chinese sourced stainless, don't believe what you read. I am tearing this off this weekend as it looks terrible. I will update with photos as soon as I take them. Do not buy this item!!

Here are the photos of rusting fake 304 Stainless Steel!
4773217
I understand now after reading the description that the core or frame is stainless, but the body/hangers/pipe are not stainless steel.  Everything lined up well enough, so we'll see how it handles the next few salty New England winters.
2149729
I bought this shaker for my brother  who used it every day and in less than 6 months, it was rusty!  The instructions indicated this was stainless steel, non rust.  Are you kidding me?
2507311
Its says 100 stainless steel but I noticed that one of thong had damage side. When I looked carefully it seems inside was plastic, not sure though, however if stainless steel that it can get scratches but not like paint off.
4111217
Not stainless steel. Bore was significantly off center, many gouges in toothed portion Overall not the best quality, however with a half hour on the lathe it will do. Fortunately the shaft it was to be mounted on was larger than the stock pulley bore so I was able to bore to fit and correct the off center condition.
166782
This claims to be stainless steel - but a magnet does not stick to the insides, meaning it's not the kind of stainless steel that's entirely safe, indicating other materials used in the blend of metal. Returned product within the first day.
249498
These are listed as stainless steel but a magnet does somewhat stick to them which makes me think they are not real ss. The appearance is more like regular steel exhaust pipe. I don't recommend them if you want a great finished look under your ride.
2030944
Be Aware, no matter how it is advertised, this item is just carbon, not stainless, steel under the coating. I bought mine for use as an accent-piece and fruit bowl, a purpose it's is admirably suited for. I cringed the couple times my wife actually strained pasta with it as I KNOW how carbon steel reacts with water.
3074344
This canteen is advertised as stainless steel but it is anything but.  The inside of the canteen is discolored with rust and I have only had it for less than two years. Also the weld line  on the inside is badly rusted and also was filthy with what I'm guessing is welding rod when I got it. If you buy this make sure to inspect the inside carefully before you drink anything out of it.
4238735
The product was okey. It did not feel the metal was made out of stainless steel as it came with the machine when I first bought. My be I am wrong, but that how it looked. Thank you anyway.