Newer Hondas show in the "normal" service you can change your filter every year and the oil every 6 months (or the equivalent miles).

I would expect the filters they sell are up to the task of what they recommend.

As others are saying, use Honda filters under warranty, and by the time your car is out of warranty, you can find another filter that you feel is better from your research.

Your research should include:

Capacity (usually proportional to the case size)
Filtration (remember, filtration and flow can be a trade-off)
Anti-Drain Back Valve (quality definitely varies)
Bypass Valve (for pressure surges and restriction)
Gasket Quality

For instance, I put a pureone filter on my beater. It's bigger than Honda's filter, has great filtration, and has an excellent gasket and anti-drainback valve. However, I don't believe it has a bypass valve. This filter solves the problem where the oil light stayed on for too long on cold mornings with other filters, the anti-drainback valve is silicone. Edit: Just learned that there IS a metal spring bypass valve in this filter, it's located at the base, not the top. ( http://minimopar.net/oilfilterstudy.html )

 

From what I understand, the most damaging particles come from the dirt (silica-based grit) that gets past the air filter, not from wear particles from the engine.

A fine filtration air filter is your first (best) line of defense against engine wear, not the oil filter. Typically by the time your oil filter gets the particles, they have already been through your engine once. The OEM air filter seems to be of excellent filtration quality.

Those of you who run aftermarket air filters should consider the risk. Their high flow is at the expense of particle filtration. Oiled air filters tend to be good at stopping fluffy, porous material... but suck at stopping dense grit.

Take a look at post #8 in this thread: http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultima...c;f=15;t=000005

 

OK people, the links go on.

Check this one out on Honda filters!!!

http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showthread....p?threadid=9528