# Things that scream quality **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650 "2004-03-05T04:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/21 "2004-03-05T16:20:15Z")
> [@Daikona](#): > > Eh. I had one and it was a piece of crap. Granted, I may have just had a lemon, but the fact that it spent more time getting fixed than used doesn’t “quality” the first thing that comes to my mind when IBM notebooks are discussed. Doesn’t _make_ “quality”… Cursed lack of sleep resulting in poor typing skills. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/22 "2004-03-05T16:46:28Z")
I dearly, dearly love my Bang & Olufsen Beocom 6000 series phone system. The only phone system in existance with a good UI, IMO. Well, I take that back… B&O recently came out with an upgrade to the Beocom 6000s. It’s probably better, but I refuse to look at it because the minute I do I know I’ll want it. I also love my All-Clads and my KitchenAid. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/23 "2004-03-05T17:36:13Z")
Kitchenaide Mixers Le Creuset Henkels knives Pakistani rugs ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/24 "2004-03-05T17:38:44Z")
Coach bags. Etienne Aigner shoes. _Good_ pearls. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/25 "2004-03-05T18:12:12Z")
Another vote for Le Creuset. And Belgian chocolate. [Caithness glass](http://www.caithnessglass.co.uk/caithness.htm) - I collect as much as I can afford, especially the paperweights. Simply stunning. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/26 "2004-03-05T18:51:49Z")
Any electronic device that is manufactured with thin metal casing screwed together with watch maker precision. Often found in Japanese manufactured cameras, mini cassete players and the like. Le Creuset cookware, J.A. Henkell Knives that are made in Germany (important point that, there are knives sold under this name that are not German made of indifferent and poor quality). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/27 "2004-03-05T19:57:52Z")
I had a Nikon F-series SLR camera in the 70s – manual focus, manual exposure. Since then I’ve had a succession of fancy-shmancy auto-focus auto-exposure power-drive (and now digital), but nothing I love as much as that Nikon. I was recently given an Omega Constellation watch…I’ve never had a watch that gives me pleasure just by seeing it on my wrist. Classic, elegant, beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/28 "2004-03-05T20:02:34Z")
Nikon cameras - I’m speaking of their professional SLRs such as the [F4](http://jrp.nikonians-images.com/f4_images/f4s_big.jpg) - are amazing items. Pick one up, and it’s a solid, substantial camera without flimsy bits and buttons that you wonder if they actually got pressed. Anything made by Western Electric. Back in the days when a phone could be counted on and would easily survive being dropped or misused. Another vote for the durable and dependable IBM Thinkpad. They may not be ultra-stylish, (OK, they may not even be vaguely stylish) but they will shrug off abuse that would destroy other laptops. I’ve seen them survive 4-foot falls onto concrete with no more damage than a scuff. NHT speakers and Velodyne subwoofers. Both companies deliver a high level of “fit and finish,” quiet elegance and performance. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/29 "2004-03-05T20:06:25Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > 1. Apple iPod - in fact, most of Apple’s whole product line Not to quibble, but any portable device for which the battery replacement instructions include “use a screwdriver to pry the battery unglued” doesn’t make my list. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/30 "2004-03-05T20:11:42Z")
I recently bought a Mondaine Swiss Railway watch - love the design. And I’ve become quite fond of shoes from Shipton & Heneage. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/31 "2004-03-05T20:20:34Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I dearly, dearly love my Bang & Olufsen Beocom 6000 series phone system. The only phone system in existance with a good UI, IMO. Well, I take that back… B&O recently came out with an upgrade to the Beocom 6000s. It’s probably better, but I refuse to look at it because the minute I do I know I’ll want it. > > I also love my All-Clads and my KitchenAid. Tell me more about B&O phones – like where can I get one? Yahoo Shopping came up empty, and I’m growing increasingly frustrated with the succession of crappy cordless phones I’ve owned. I’ve had Le Creuset…I’m sure they’re wonderful, but jeez you can get some serious biceps lifting them onto your stove. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/32 "2004-03-05T20:58:18Z")
[Nautor’s](http://www.nautorgroup.com/) [Swan](http://www.kkmi.com/YachtSales/Siocain/SiocainSail1.jpg) or a nice 1930’s [Alden](http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_display_photo.jsp?slim=quick&boat_id=1053562&boatname=50%27+Alden+Classic+R.O.R.C.+3%2F4-Rigged+Sloop&photo_name=From+Astern&photo=3). ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/33 "2004-03-05T20:59:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Tell me more about B&O phones – like where can I get one? Yahoo Shopping came up empty, and I’m growing increasingly frustrated with the succession of crappy cordless phones I’ve owned. > > I’ve had Le Creuset…I’m sure they’re wonderful, but jeez you can get some serious biceps lifting them onto your stove. How about the B&O store on Powell in San Francisco? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/34 "2004-03-05T22:17:54Z")
or maybe B&O at the Stamford Shopping Center, Paolo Alto is nearer 😉 I forgot to add well lined trousers, suits, jackets. When you can feel the weight of the lining and the jacket holds its own shape well. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/35 "2004-03-05T22:20:41Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > How about the B&O store on Powell in San Francisco? Hmmm…too obvious. Must be a trick of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/36 "2004-03-05T22:24:52Z")
The new Mini Cooper. I didn’t know they could make fun out of metal. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/37 "2004-03-05T22:29:33Z")
toyota & honda sedans Cub cadet lawn mowers. My dad has had 3 of these. one was a used model made from the 50s that didnt die until the 80s, another was a model from the 70s that just died a few years ago and he has his new one. I know he went through about 3 mowers in 10 years, a john deere, craftman, and i think toro, but his cub cadets lasted for 20-30 years. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/38 "2004-03-06T01:24:55Z")
I used to own a 1930 Ford Model A. These cars were virtually indestructible and far better than any other car made in 1930. That’s why there are so many still around. No I’m not eighty I’m thirty-six. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/39 "2004-03-06T01:56:19Z")
The HP48GX calculator (I almost cried when the screen on mine broke :() Fluke multimeters Stuff made by Digital Equipment Corporation (but not Compaq or HP) Stuff made by Symbolics (the now-a-zombie Lisp machine manufacturer) I tried thinking of stuff that wasn’t geeky. I failed. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650/40 "2004-03-06T02:19:32Z")
The [[url=www.wengerna.com/wenger/product.jsp?prod\_id=352&cat\_id=1&cat\_name=Knives&sub\_cat\_id=18](http://url=www.wengerna.com/wenger/product.jsp?prod_id=352&cat_id=1&cat_name=Knives&sub_cat_id=18)] on the Wenger Swiss Army Knives are absolutely brilliant. Best scissors ever made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-scream-quality/232650.md?page=3)