Product review (5 stars): THIS ONE LOOKS STRONGER THAN OTHERS I TRIED
Within the past year I purchased an off brand dryer element for my Kenmore Elite dryer. That element arrived with a broken ceramic part that holds the two electrodes in place. Since the ceramic piece on the original element was intact I used that one on the new part and installed it. I complained to the seller about sending me a broken part and even though I told them what I did as a work around, they sent me a new part for free. Ten months later that first element burned out. Luckily I still had the spare and installed that. Two months later that burned out. I ordered this replacement item becauseit is claimed to be a Whirlpool brand part. The element has insulated coils affixed to a metal plate that heat up. In the cheaper elements that plate is thinner than this element. In the other two cheap elements the plate warped into a "U" shape under the heat and since the width of the place now decreased the plate no longer sat in the groove and fell down shorting the coils out when they touched the metal housing the element is contained in. Since this Whirlpool element is thicker I expect that to not happen again. I can remove and replace the element in less that 15 minutes.

Hint: There is a screw that holds the element inside the metal housing. Before you install the element run the screw in to bore out hole and cut threads in the hole. It will be much easier the thread in the screw when you are installing it in that awkward position you need to be in to get the screw inserted.