These brands really aren't as good as you think!! - r/AskReddit

what brands are considered top-of-the-line but aren't what are the actual top-of-the-line brands Rubik branded Rubik's cubes they are stiff and clunky when Chinese companies make better quality easier to use and overall nicer cubes Grey Goose gray gooses crap it's considered a fancy alcohol because when it was purchased by a new owner he tripled the price while making absolutely no changes to it and just marketed it as a premium fancy alcohol so it's just an image thing it's crap also the bottles are intentionally made very long and skinny so they won't fit anywhere but the top-shelf patron tequila's production was moved from the seat legless distillery to larger mass production facilities for international distribution purposes it no longer tastes like the original seed Clegg was distilled patron and is considered average by most tequila enthusiasts these days you want the real thing purchase seed legless tequila's beats by dr. dre alternatively there are bursts and audio technica I've noticed a lot of things that Aldi are basically identical even same packaging with different printing they're white energy drink is the same as monster white has the same texturing on the can but different printing I had some disinfecting wipes and brought them home noticed some of the quirks of the packaging was identical to the Lysol brand ones I was running out of German efficiency ever list boxing equipment mild Muay Thai instructor called it medalist once upon a time singer sewing machines were the way to go and you can still get vintage ones that are workhorses but these days all their parts are plastic and will get clogged up easily you come to learn this pretty quickly if you take great care cleaning your machine for loose threads and lint brother is pretty affordable and a decent alternative for beginners but the top-of-the-line machines are burnin s swiss-made and they purr like kittens Armani suits are often considered top-of-the-line but many of them are mediocre the actual top-of-the-line scooters may be something from asks Ford or bespoke from I'll row but in the Armony price range practically any other brand is superior big brand honey basically most honey is garbage beekeepers cannot keep up with worldwide demand so companies just sell flavored corn syrup and call it honey not sure of the numbers but it's something like double the amount of honey made is being sold there's a kind of police force checking it all the time but they can't check everything quality wise there is little to no nutritional difference but the fake stuff sometimes has crazy illegal chemicals in it the fake stuff is also really cheap so it puts a major strain on real beekeepers businesses guess which stuff big companies want to buy get your honey directly from the beekeeper there will be one nearby better still start your own hive the world needs more bees I work at a cookie / cracker Factory as an engineer we make products for craft / Mondelez vomit Aldi Crozier hyvee and a few more the recipes are all the same for each different brand vomit brand is no different than all the or hi v-- it's the same quality of ingredients no matter if it's sold in store at a cheaper or more expensive price to clarify when I say same quality of ingredients I'm talking about the generic / off-brand not name-brand so hi v-- generic is equal to all the generic we only make a few things for craft / Mondelez and they have some requirements of ingredients they can be extremely similar to name-brand but made with cheaper ingredients to cut costs or they might be exactly the same and come down to just paying for a brand name label turtlebeach they make amazing speakers and microphones for their headsets but their headsets are made from cheap plastic and breaks every damn time I went to QuakeCon a few years ago in the byock section literally not figuratively literally every single turtlebeach was duct taped hot glued superglued or rubber banded to keep them together they are crap I learned today that Games Workshop paint is for suckers and villagio paint is where it's at Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch whisky their top-of-the-line blend but most agree that it's way overpriced for what it is it isn't even a blended malt like the cheaper and superior green label it contains generic grain alcohol mixed with malt whiskey's Kirkland whatever their counterpart is rule of thumb if there's a Kirkland Signature alternative buy that their socks underwear blankets shirts packaged foods everything I've bought from them Costco's in-house brand has been better than any name-brand and cheaper it's like they do market research make their product about 20% more robust and then sell it for 50% of the competition price you know those $40 hydro flask bottles that insulate your drink I bought a quench bottle on sale at Walmart for $10 and the ice stays in there for two days oh yeah this thing fell from three stories and only has a small dent Michael cause brand anything purses fall apart in a year pants and shirts are all made of lightweight cheap feeling material whose color fades in a month plus his signature gold zippered everything is a bit much is there a subreddit specifically for I want to purchase X but don't want to spend that much what should I buy instead Gibson guitars not saying they are terrible just overpriced the iconic name / symbol on the headstock is literally what you're paying for tons of similar guitars at much lower price points edit yes I'm aware that theif filed chapter 11 no that does not mean they are going out of business till every famous brand is crap in the UK Gap is considered an above-average brand too pricey for me my dad travels to USA on business regularly and when he told me it's just a normal brand out there I was amazed my 6 meters old now has a gap hoodie which is lovely and had animals all over it and didn't cost a fortune most OTC medications like Tylenol will have generic equivalents that are just as effective look at the ingredients and compare the store brand it's the exact same medication just and less fancy packaging folks if you're looking for anything dirtbikes or quad related go with another brand their boot line is absolute trash KitchenAid appliances I love my stand mixer but we bought a KitchenAid dishwasher and stove and they are crap the oven heats unevenly and the dishwasher is always needing some sort of repair or it leaves crap on the dishes because the water jet holes are so tiny and prone to clogging edit what I mean by the oven heating unevenly is that you have hot and cool spots inside it I shouldn't have to turn a cake or sheet of cookies halfway through cooking to make sure they don't burn on one side we've had the element replaced and nothing helps it's a double oven and both the top and bottom ovens are booked it's ridiculous for headphones try costs cheap but amazing quality they don't advertise so it's less expensive Cadillacs are considered the Cadillac of cars but if you wanted to last you long time go with Lexus both speakers know highs no lows must be Bose real top of the line brands are Wilson audio MBL magico rate ho big acoustics edit our IP in box I took top of the line to mean the same as top shelf as in liquors some are actually better some take a lot of work and time to make which cause higher prices Samar not worth it I got my examples from the 2018 editor's choice issue of the Absolut sound I had laying around the MBL 101 ex-friends go for two hundred and sixty three thousand dollars the magico ultimate thirds go for six hundred thousand dollars and the Wilson audio W AM and master chrono sonic goes for six hundred and eighty five thousand dollars at forty five thousand dollars for optional subsonic sub woofer is it the right choice for me no is it the right choice for an audiophile billionaire possibly Norton AntiVirus The North Face actually awesome are Arc'teryx Black Diamond Mountain Hardwear Noronha Patagonia Salomon girls think Victoria's Secret is the best but the quality just I said what it used to be now they are just overpriced bras that will fall apart in six months every shampoo and conditioner brand you see on TV especially tres Iman suave used by professionals no never nobody in their right mind would use that cheap crap professionally teabags Twinings g that you get in America it's much lower quality leaf and full of artificial flavors that aren't present in UK Twinings G especially the flavored teas also obligatory for a tea post is Lipton in addition to the bags being generally super low quality dust and Fanning's they also use more pesticides by far than any other tea company actual top of the line u.s. tea brands include stash republic of tea and adagio imported brands i would recommend would be Typhoo Yorkshire PG tipps and hammered apple they have zero compatibility with almost anything else specialized lightning port on the iPhone and iPad print a compatibility Apple airprint-enabled so much stuff you can run it only on Apple everything is overpriced AF as a result about the only saving grace is the fact that you can run the Windows operating system on a Mac and that iPhone is vastly superior to Windows Phone lars boy OS v frames and plastic clips for the three positions on their foot rests they used to be built great got to keep from raising prices they have made a lot of sacrifices they also can't taylor worth a damn go with something like flex steel instead but get the domestic stuff not the latitudes imported ones like as kitchen appliances or Electrolux so if you don't mind not having the label you can have the exact same model from Ikea at a lower price tim horton's everything there has been horrible decline for about two decades Montblanc pence a lot of people think that they make a great gift for a graduation slash anniversary ECT the inside parts are just standard parts that can go in a variety of pens it will be a great pen but you should know you can get a comparable or better in cartridge in a $15 pen you are basically paying for the body of the pen and the name which is alright if that's what you want they make awesome fountain pens though which are often worth the price if you have the money burning a hole in your pocket craftsman mostly by all the people in the remember what they once were for running sneakers I'd say mics asacs and New Balance are way better than like for long-distance running because they usually have better support mics are okay for sprinting but they tend to not have a lot of cushioning and on good for longer distances 1,800 and Cabo Wabo tequila here are better alternatives Kissimmee Gus reposado tequila $50 trogir reposado tequila $60 Corzo reposado tequila $40 avian silver tequila $40 mañana renew Joe tequila $52 Don sell so reposado tequila $40 Pueblo vie Joe Gallo Annie Joe tequila $38 parted a reposado tequila sixty one dollars recommended by other users fortaleza $50 s villain ro ug h ly dollar sign 20 código 1530 Rosa Milagro lunasol esperan tres generations Annie Jo $50 Camarena Reposado l jamadar hyrax used to be amazing quality and never break but they changed the recipe in the last decade or two and are still riding off the former glory of Pyrex Remington used to be known for its high quality firearms and quality control until it was acquired by freedom group / Cerberus nowadays if you want the best workhorse pump shotgun you're better off going with the Mossberg for a highly accurate bolt-action rifle Savage or ticker freaking master locks come on guys anyone can name their company master doesn't make it true pet foods like royal Canon and Hills the prescription diets are good and effective but their general food line is filled with grains for health is a tractor supply brand that's pretty comparable to Blue Buffalo but a fraction of the price so I recommend that to everyone edit I also want to just make people aware feeding Rohr is so much more than throwing some ground beef down I saw a dog whose jaw basically disintegrated because his only decided to feed raw but did no research and no veterinary consultation and was so deficient in all the major vitamins that the dog had to be put down I've seen other cases and my professors have told us about owners with the best of intentions but causing serious medical problems because of their diets consult your vet I'm sure people have made recipes that they swear by but anyone can write a recipe book raw / homemade food can be great and even superior to dry all canned food but please please check your recipe with your veterinarian before feeding your pet homemade food and have a follow-up appointment to make sure they're not being deprived of any essential nutrients a lot of the cult california wines they're all made for each people who just want to show other rich people that they can afford obscenely overpriced wine that's it that's all it's good for if you ever see someone ordering screaming eagle at a steak house they're an idiot who knows absolutely nothing about wine harley-davidson motorcycles cost more way more less power and more prone to mechanical problems new layer of baseball caps are considered the best caps but unless you get one that's made in USA your cap will probably be ill-fitting garbage nearly everything is Chinese now resulting in high crowns velvet island magnet polyester and a product that just isn't worth what they charge some have even been showing up made in Vietnam or Bangladesh lately which results in even poorer quality you'll occasionally get a Chinese one that fits okay but mostly they're crap the made in USA have even started having the bad velvety polyester at times but at least the Crown's aren't so firm and bulky in the duck-hunting world anything that says dark commander on it is probably junk especially their cause with the exception of there were duck whistle same for hardcore brand best brands not custom for calls would be rich in tone echo and zinc makes some nice calls this is coming from a guy who cut his teeth on a classic commander from DC I'm not saying that ec does not make an effective call I'm saying they are not even close the same level as our NT echo zinc or custom call makers among vacuum enthusiasts and people involved in the industry Dyson's are seen as pretty overrated other than their cordless machines Dyson's don't really compare to the other brands in the premium price range most tol vacuums user back design combined with a sealed system to filter the exhaust which will pretty much give you the best filtration on the market Dyson's on the other hand tend to get a lot of fine dust into the cyclone assembly in motor resulting in decreased performance and reliability issues down the road if you want a really high-quality vacuum look into Ricker slash simplicity SIBO and mio pretty much any vacuum you buy from these brands will be built like a tank and lasts forever expect to spend between $300 $800 for a new model depending on your flooring situation Range Rover sure it looks and feels nice until the repair bills start rolling in and it spends more time in the shop than on the road no thanks granted this isn't apples to apples but if I wanted luxury and room I'd rock a neat class wagon 400 would be fine but if I was king Dan right I'd have the AMG version Brown please BMW not a single one of their turn signals work monster cables you don't need monster cables you never will look at the specification of the cable you need and by that spec not the brand so many companies sell overpriced HDMI cable it's not even funny haven't seen anyone else mention it but Yeti terribly overpriced the entire self is in some trance that nothing can top their precious Yeti cups mugs coolers chests hell even their stickers are around $20 there are tons of other options that released shortly after the Yeti craze Pelican k2 Orca rtic etc me Asik trail from Walmart does the job and does it well Frick Yeti Louie votin especially their monogram and a mia products they are not particularly good quality products to begin with and they crack peel discolor or come undone fairly easily for most people are LV bag is their first and usually only designer bag so they don't have anything to compare it to alvey's famously develop a patent or overtime discover and the brand has marketed this as a feature the LV forum always has people asking about what to do with fairly new bags that are already falling apart longchamp leather bags are a good option if you are looking for something between coach slash Tory Burch level and high-end designer Salvatore Ferragamo has hands-down the best leather goods at the premier designer price point and Burberry has seen a jump in quality and will probably continue to get better with the new creative director staples is Crabb dunder-mifflin it is Yeti tumblers walmart sells a Nasik trail brand tumbler that comes from the same factory for six dollars instead of $40 considered top-of-the-line but and your cities local butcher chain know better if even as good as what you're going to get at the big chain grocery stores or even Walmart these days actual top of the line your local butcher shop in a tiny little spot in some strip mall or some crap that's literally just a guy and his wife that has limited quantities of everything but as every possible cut because they are a real butcher selling local produce razor and Logitech keyboards would much rather have hhk be and pro hookah léopold etcetera supreme brand is just crap Stanley tools honestly they are overpriced crap if you're serious about your tools go sit Chrome or backhoe for your general duty gear and the two-tire for measuring some tool X gear is okay but not great king chrome stuff is also based here especially they're measuring instruments but they seem to have a cult following for some reason no not snap-on if you need to take out a mortgage to buy a toolbox you're paying too much to clarify I'm Australian witches why a lot of people haven't heard of some of these brands some people apparently have access to some really high-quality stanley gear I suppose it's possible that they have a whole range of low to high quality stuff my advice to any young blokes or older - I guess who are just starting their careers in the trades ask the more experienced guys what brands they run they've been around long enough to see what lasts and what doesn't North Face for hiking / outdoor gear will not actually trash its way overpriced for the quality you're getting instead shop Marmot Marmot lasts forever and is genuinely top-notch gear there are other brands but I've spent thousands on hiking gear in Marmot never disappoints mr. Clean Magic Erasers they are actually just melamine sponges you can get 100 for $12 on eBay they work just as good morado black warrior pencils they look nice and they are amazing to write with but I'm just kidding they really are the best gray goose alcohol Lululemon go on their site and look at the reviews horrible quality most of the time yet fair seen as high-end atheltic where I've ridden my dad's Fuji which cost thousands of dollars I've ridden my brother's Fuji which cost thousands of dollars neither of them made me faster than I was on my 700 rally road bike if you are a professional or racing cyclist you'll pay a premium for every advantage you can get if you're some 50 year old beanbag on your local bike trail you don't need a four zero zero zero on a bike the Dallas Cowboys are considered America's Team even though they haven't won a Super Bowl since the days when 2pac stepped out of a jail cell and back onto the scene Patriots are the obvious new top of the line brand both gets the plaudits Sennheiser deserves them products that are actually top-of-the-line don't advertise themselves as such not a brand but when something is marked genuine leatherr there are different grades of leather and I like genuine leather is the second worst grade Pharmaceuticals my father-in-law is a pharmacist and only ever uses generic over-the-counter and prescription the chemicals they use are identical you're just paying more for packaging and branding Beats headphones most nervous but I still see a surprising amount of people that swear by them I personally gone through two pairs in a matter of 18 months about $600 in the trash I picked up some skull candy mich twos for a fraction of the price and they lasted me three years sound quality wasn't much different they only broke because I slammed them in a car door funnily enough the still worked that I had snapped the headset so they were run usable Pilot g2 pens are the absolute best pens on the planet hands-down Viking ovens they are super expensive and our garbage quality the most recent owners are suing the former owners for hiding a defect that was a safety issue mine has had so many problems I can't even keep track ilene wha anybody who knows anything about computers will instantly steal you away because of how overpriced they are and you can get something way better for the money from a different company Grey Poupon there's nothing fancy or classy or top-shelf about it it's owned by freaking Kraft it's just regular old mustard with an effective marketing campaign crystal champagne depending on what your taste is there are far far superior champagnes to this crab I hate Opie nail polish $8.00 eyes I find it really thick and it always chips I found this brand called sinful colors for less than two dollars used it for a pedicure and it didn't chip at all for like two weeks sure they have a lot less colors available but I personally don't need to have a ton of colors huskvarna has really gone downhill in the past few years I know plenty of people who have gotten chainsaws or lawn equipment of this in the past few years and everyone seems to have no end of issues with them they used to be the top brand in a lot of things and they might still top the sales charts but their quality has diminished badly just graduated from college I love all of you here that are going to help me save so much money rubbermaid storage products will last you a lifetime Sterilite storage products will crack if you look at them funny purple weed not really a brand but people always freak out when they have purple nugs I like it typically just means the plants were grown in a colder environment than the strain requires anyways I've never found purple weed to be any better than regular sticky icky green things make sure to LIKE and subscribe so we can watch together [Music]

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Published: Fri Jun 19 2020