I'm always looking for alternatives (for everything) as long as the item is as good or better than OEM, close to the same price or less and fits and works correctly... like the rear car tire on my Venture.
When I worked in Nissan parts I did some research and found the Nissan oil filters were a good replacement as far as fit, quality, bypass, etc. I used them on my Road Star and would have on the Venture if I was still at a Nissan dealer.
I'm now at a Honda car dealer and I was going to use the Honda filter since it also fits but I found from researching it that they are made by Honeywell (FRAM) so I passed. (I will NOT use a Fram product) The Honda filters in the past (2-3 years ago) were made by Filtech and were tested as some of the best. We just got a stock order and Honda has gone back to Filtech filters.
Just info if anyone is interested.
Honda part# 15400-PLM-A01 (3 1/4" length) (15400-PLM-A02 is the Fram filters)