# What products do you only buy the name brand of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703 "2011-02-26T15:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/41 "2011-02-26T23:24:03Z")
Chevy or Buick Peanut butter (jif or skippy or store ground) Comet, the other ones just have weird powder “consistency” to me. For cereal like some other dopers say above, I actually prefer the “cheap” generic brands. To me they’re more flavorful. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/42 "2011-02-26T23:48:02Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Oh, yeah. No doubt. Any other brand just needs a whole crap-load of doctoring before they’re acceptable, at which point you may as well just make them from scratch. > > Now, see, canned tomatoes I just don’t care about. Any canned tomato product I’m looking for, if it’s crushed, whole, sauce, paste, whatever, brand has no bearing. It’s a price-only choice (well, coupled with if that brand has what I’m looking for; like, DelMonte makes a line of pre-seasoned ones that I like for making pasta sauce). I think the Red Gold tomato thing is something that I grew up with. They were grown and canned about 50 miles from where we lived. I can taste the sunshine in them. 🙂 Trucks - Chevy. The only other kind of truck I’ve ever owned was one I hated. My Chevys have always lasted a couple of hundred thousand miles without much repair beyond the usual tires, brakes and oil changes. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/43 "2011-02-27T00:10:41Z")
Anything used in the bathroom Advil Philadelphia cream cheese DiGiornio’s or California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza All laundry detergent Hellman’s mayonnaise Ben & Jerry’s ice cream I’m a very picky eater and if I start eating something store brand and don’t like it, I’ll wind up throwing it all out, so it’s worth getting the name brand. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/44 "2011-02-27T00:20:03Z")
Best Foods/Hellman’s Mayo Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust (used to be All Ready pie crust) Q-tips Scott bathroom tissue Zip-lock bags Kraft mac 'n cheese Crystal Light drink powders Old Bay seasoning Bacon Salt There are more, but that’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/45 "2011-02-27T00:31:11Z")
Bounty paper towels. Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi. Laundry and dish detergents. I bought store brand “green” toilet paper once. Just once… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/46 "2011-02-27T00:53:11Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Tell her to stock up if she finds them-- J&J has had continuing problems supplying it to stores, and shipments are sporadic. The Ultra version of OB is permanently discontinued, too. I know. She bought a shitload off eBay, at a pretty good price, when she first heard why she couldn’t find them at the store. Joe ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/47 "2011-02-27T00:57:02Z")
Raisin Bran - has to be Kelloggs; i’ve tried Post and a few others, but Kelloggs flakes are just somehow different and better. Toilet paper - always get Scotts single ply. I hate toilet paper that feels like a fluffy cotton ball. Dish soap - Palmolive seems to lather better than anything else. Lately, for the dishwasher, we’ve also gone back to name-brand stuff like Cascade Complete. The “green” stuff just won’t get the glasses clean. For toothpaste, i buy a brand name like Colgate or Crest, but i’m not especially loyal. I’ll just grab whichever one is cheapest at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/48 "2011-02-27T01:17:13Z")
Gasoline Mayo Ginger ale Power supplies Mac & Cheese (generic stuff is often blandly mushy) DVDs (my first spindle was some completely unlabeled brand, and was 100% coasters) ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/49 "2011-02-27T02:33:28Z")
Kraft Dinner (mac 'n cheese) Campbell’s Soup (for eating it as soup; if it’s used as an ingredient in another dish I’ll go off brand.) Chef Boyardee Fuji DVDs ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/50 "2011-02-27T02:53:56Z")
Regular tea, has to be Tetley. Earl Grey - Twinings. Astro balkan style yoghurt. Lactantia butter Carnation evaporated milk. And flour… I buy the brand names not the generic, most recently bought a 10K bag of Five Roses because it was on sale. Bread just seems to turn out better somehow. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/51 "2011-02-27T02:56:49Z")
Adding in the non food category. Ariat boots. Not super expensive, but more than I would like to pay and totally worth it. Made for riding, but I buy them even though I don’t have a horse because they are the most comfortable boots ever and they last. ---
**Author:** ![desert29rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@desert29rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desert29rat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/52 "2011-02-27T03:16:32Z")
I’ll use store brands for many things, but my coffee has to be Yuban, and my bread has to be Oroweat. ---
**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/53 "2011-02-27T04:28:19Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > Tell her to stock up if she finds them-- J&J has had continuing problems supplying it to stores, and shipments are sporadic. The Ultra version of OB is permanently discontinued, too. Well, at least everything makes sense now. I moved to Colorado about 6 months ago, and have only managed to find my favorite OB Ultras once. I figured that people out West just had some perverse preference for full-length applicators. I guess it was high-time I get a Keeper anyway. love yams!! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/54 "2011-02-27T05:31:22Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Adding in the non food category. Ariat boots. Not super expensive, but more than I would like to pay and totally worth it. Made for riding, but I buy them even though I don’t have a horse because they are the most comfortable boots ever and they last. That reminds me… Chaco sport sandals Vasque hiking boots Trek bicycles Leatherman multi-tools Smith sunglasses Sweetwater water filter Jetboil backpacking stove ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/55 "2011-02-27T06:04:15Z")
Garbage bags. That was a mistake I only made once… ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/56 "2011-02-27T11:08:45Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > For pens, the Pilot Vball liquid ink roller, Extra Fine. I haven’t seen these in a store in over a decade, but I can still order them online. Only the black ones, though. The colors have a slightly thicker ink that leads to a less satisfying writing experience. Thankfully (for me I guess), they still have them in France. Last time I was there, I bought 100. I’m afraid they’ll stop making them, but I write so much, I go through about one a month. Oh, and I only get them in blue. To add to the thread: name brand gym/casual shoes. I grew up with the not-so-hot, almost-generic shoes and was mocked mercilessly for it. I don’t particularly care which brand name, but there must be one. And ditto on the Cheerios and the Hellmans. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/57 "2011-02-27T13:52:31Z")
Ice cream for us too, preferably Swensen’s bought fresh from an actual outlet. Nothing worse than that cardboard-tasting generic supermarket ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/58 "2011-02-27T17:07:31Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > And, Cheerios. I don’t eat them, but MrWhatsit and the little Whatsits do, and the generics just aren’t the same. In a bit of a twist, I love this kind of cereal and am now a huge fan of Trader Joe’s “Joe’s O’s” which I think are much better than Cheerios. If you have the opportunity, you might see if the other Whatsits agree with me. And save a ton in the bargain. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/59 "2011-02-27T17:37:16Z")
Dog food. I may eat generic/store brand, but my dogs eat the good stuff, always. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703/60 "2011-02-27T17:55:29Z")
> [@RadicalPi](#): > > Oh, and I only get them in blue. I am willing to tolerate diversity of opinion. I may not agree with you, but I respect your position. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-do-you-only-buy-the-name-brand-of/572703.md?page=4)