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Quick way to tell the Good from the Bad (and Ugly) is take one of the screws out holding the levers on. If it's machine-thread, chances are it's the better model; if it looks like a wood screw going into plastic - run away screaming. Very generally the Phillips screws are the 'wood screw'...
Those electronic switches are problematic. There are also some really shoddy late-contract three-lever switches out there with more plastic components than the older types which are also awful, and I've had many melt down. The light switches and turn-indicator levers are a good thing to keep in...