Just personal perspective but I have found some of the small chassideshe hashgachos to be more rigorous and focused than the larger commercial hashgachos….you are correct, its a personal judgement and to some, a Badazt or niche Yekeshe hashgacha might be the same “gold standard” to others. R’ Kuber’s point here is that whatever hashgacha you rely upon, its only reliable up to the point they transfer the food to the ultimate serving entity or customer…anything you eat that is not directly from a sealed container is at your own risk unless you can trace the “chain of custody” to equally reliable hashgacha to the one that supervised the preparation of the food.
