if it does not produce a voltage over 5volt it's safe
amps are pulled so if it can deliver 1amp it's enough people report iPhones charge a bit faster with the iPad charger which is 12watt so 2.4amps but I doubt any higher amps will help.
about quality then people post issues once in awhile with cables that are melted and chargers that are blackened this is not really possible to happen with 5volts so it must mean that some ac chargers are defect and poor quality would be leaking AC 110/230volt rather then 5volts which would explain the melting, also if they deliver spikes in the 5volt that could also damage a phone so too cheap is a thing.