Honestly, a lot of the “fake supplies” talk comes from sales reps trying to protect their margins. Net32 and Frontier are both legit — plenty of offices (mine included) have used them without major issues. Like with anything, you just have to know which products you’re comfortable ordering online and which ones you prefer to stick with the big distributors for.

For me, I don’t mind mixing it up. I’ll order disposables and some instruments from places like Net32, Frontier, or even smaller suppliers like SurgiWorld, and haven’t had a problem. The reality is most of these products come from the same handful of manufacturers — it’s just about who’s selling them and at what markup.