Product review (5 stars): This is a genuine Whirlpool part. It appears to ...
This is a genuine Whirlpool part.  It appears to be of the same quality as the original although it does lack the metal strips that reinforced the original.  I read some of the reviews for this product where the reviewer stated that part was made of cardboard.  Since the part is available from several sources I can only assume that the part they received was counterfeit.  Anyone who would use a cardboard part in a clothes dryer would have to be an idiot.