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Hi! I have never contributed to this forum but now it seems appropriate. I bought the Chinese EE brakes about a month ago and yesterday they finally arrived. They do look very good and seem well made. In some spots there are light shatter marks from CNC machining but that doesn’t look different to what I have seen online from the original brakes. The brakes come in what seems to be the original packaging with installation instructions from Cane Creek. I just installed them on my bike replacing the Dura Ace Br-7800 brake I had until now. Compared to these the EE brakes are less crisp but it seems that they offer the same braking power. And of course they look very nice. (This is why I bought them ;))
However I want to add, that the nut which fixes the brake to the frame is not of good quality. I used a torque wrench and noticed that the bolt was quite soft (the socket where you insert the tool gave in and it deformed when tightening the brake —> see the picture). I simply replaced the bolts and used some stainless steel ones. I would highly recommend doing that as well. I have seen similar problems with other screws and bolts which I bought of Ali Express.
Obviously I can’t say if these are as good or similar to the real brakes as I've never seen them in real life, but I didn’t notice any differences to what I’ve seen online.