I don't believe he's been running it long enough to decide if it's any better or worse than any local brands, but otherwise he loves it. IF, and that's a BIG if, I was going to think about changing, I would buy 10 gallons from him and try it in one of our trucks to see if consumption changed. I've had several instances over the years where a "new to me" piece of equipment uses very little oil for the first service, then when I put my oil in it proceeds to burn 3 gallons in 200 hours. I did have a truck that dried up after 3 oil changes, so I know there is something to this.