Pilot G2 pens.
Vater drum sticks.
PRS guitars.
Rogue fitness stuff.
All-Clad stainless steel cookware.
Asus motherboards.
My friends from Michigan would always stock up whenever they went there, until they found out (from me 
) where they could get it in Iowa.
I’ve been a Nissan Sentra driver since the early 1990s, and will continue to purchase them as long as they keep making them. My car is an '09 with almost 90,000 miles on it, and the only major repair has been, of all things, the gas cap door.
I also like Eastland shoes. They may not be all that fashionable, but they are comfortable and last, like, forever. My brother, who wears size 14 shoes, says the same thing about Timberlands.
L. L. Bean’s Perfect Fit Pants are aptly named, and worth every penny.
My cardiologist threatened me with death* if I didn’t go on a low sodium diet. So here are some excellent low- or no-sodium brands:
Krema Peanut Butter (perhaps now called Crazy Richard’s) I was a JIF guy, but this is much better. Only one ingredient, Peanuts. When you first open a jar, you’ll have to stir it up, but after that it stays mixed.
Kettle brand unsalted potato chips. If you can’t imagine potato chips without salt, try these. They taste wonderful.
Heinz and Red Gold both offer no-salt ketchup now. One of the Red Gold plants is about 20 miles from here, so I go with the locals.
Red Gold and Hunt’s make no-salt diced tomatoes, and they’re excellent.
*Not that he would kill me, but my heart would.
I wouldn’t think I’m the kind of person who cares what ketchup he buys but one day after having bought off-brands for a while I had a taste of Heinz. It was that much better. So now I buy it all the time.
But my best example is something that’s not an expendable like ketchup or facial tissues or soda pop. It’s my carry-on baggage. About 15 years ago I decided I was sick of buying luggage that falls apart after a few years so I spent $450 for a Briggs & Riley expandable roller-bag and have used it ever since.
I expect to use it until the day* I die because they have a lifetime guarantee so if anything breaks on it or gets wonky (like a tight wheel) they’ll repair it or replace it no questions asked. They don’t care if you took a knife to it yourself… they’ll fix it. No charge.
I’ve had it repaired three times now. You do have to pay to mail it to a repair center (although they pay for the return) but I don’t live too far from one so I just take it in. I’m about due for another repair. The corner is worn down to the metal underneath. I’m hoping they deem it too much trouble to fix this time and give me a new one but fixing it is just fine with me.
*And someone else can use it their whole life after I die because they’ve never asked me for proof of purchase when I’ve taken it in to be repaired. It’s an heirloom!!
I’ve always said this about these two products: if you don’t buy the brand name, you might as well not bother buying it at all.
Scotch Tape
and
Band Aids
Not sure if I should if I should add these as there isn’t a brand name, but the Amish made woolen goods we have purchased over the years have been amazing quality-wise. Double knit mittens, scarves, wool blankets, etc. all still going strong after 40 years of ownership.
That’s not a brand name. And yes, they’re way better than the old fashioned can openers. Though I wonder if we’re thinking of the same thing - they don’t pry the top at all, and do cut into the metal. It’s really more of a grinding wheel than a sharp blade.
The old can openers are superior for one thing though - if you need to drain the water from the can, a small puncture makes it easier than clamshelling the removed top juuuust wide enough.
Lego. Perfectly consistent plastic blocks.
Hard to believe somebody could screw up a plastic building block toy until you try stuff like Megablocks or Nanoblocks.
For hotdogs it has to be Hebrew National or Vienna Beef. Anything else and I’ll kindly pass.
I have to say that I considered these two brands, but didn’t comment on them. Frankly, I have no problem at all with generic transparent tape from the local office chain or with adhesive bandages from my drug chain. I get at least twice as much/many and they work just as well.
Regarding transparent tape, on occasion, the office has purchased the generic or low-end Staples brand of packaging tape (the two-inch wide stuff you use for sealing boxes) and it’s noticeable worse than the real 3M Scotch brand. The generic stuff is really thin and folds up on itself very easily.
Another vote for Heinz here!
I’ll toss my hat in for Heinz, Sharpies, and Victorinox. Great products.
Hellman’s Mayonnaise. The best. There is no other.
I believe someone already mentioned Worcestershire sauce.
Bic lighters. Over the years I’ve had a few where the flint has popped out prematurely, but perhaps a dozen (being generous) out of probably over a thousand in my life is pretty damn good. Almost always reliable, well made and durable.
Logitech, even their cheap mice & keyboards can take a beating, and work amazingly well. I had a 7.1 speaker array that I beat the hell out of for 10+ years, it did die, but not after a very long life of very frequent and hard use. I bought a UE MegaBoom, and I cannot rave enough about how amazing that thing is! Albums I have listened to for years were new experiences entirely coming out of this little monster. Been asked many times ‘where the Hell is that music coming from? That sounds amazing!’ 
Blaklader Workwear, I have a pair of workpants that are 7+ years old, and some minor pocket damage started occuring about a year ago. There are a few places (knees, crotch) where one row of three of the stitching has started to bust, but like most of my things I beat the living hell out of these bastards and they will not go down. I have had many a chat with many a dude (couple chicks, too) about their awesomeness, and everyone agrees. It’s akin to a Tilly Hat thing. 
Olfa knives. Affordable, available, durable, take care of them and they last ‘until you lose them.’ 
Pound the piss out of them and they’ll earn their keep.
Kirkland. There are very few things that they make poorly. Toilet paper bosses, the dainty higher-end brands are unsuitable for my… Rigorous uses. The only thing they shit the bed on is pizza, the old rectangular pizzas were far superior to the (not bad) round versions of today. AFAIK, everything that has sucked has gotten better over time.
There’s a few more, but Life has come up…
Cool thread!
Absolutely. Also Brawny paper towels, Pepperidge Farm cookies, Q-tip swabs, and California olive oil.
Jimmy Dean sage sausage for stuffing or sausage gravy.
Second Best Foods (Hellman’s) mayo.
Another vote for New Balance, they just fit me. I’m also a big fan of Nite Ize products.
I’ve had good luck with New Balance shoes; so much so that I ordered a pair (don’t remember the model number, but you could go online and specify the color of each part of the shoe) and sent them to Canada to have curling soles put on them.
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[wail]But I can’t get that here![/wail]
I… might have to look into this, because…
…Mine is busted. Probably accidentally got crushed somewhere, but it’s so warped that I can’t get the bottle opener/flat-head screwdriver, tweezers, or Awl out at all. That said, my girlfriend got me a knockoff brand a while back, and while I very much appreciate the effort, it was just not a very good knife. Definitely can cosign this. Victorinox is great.
My contributions:
Goya ginger beer. Goya does a lot of stuff really well, but there is just nothing quite like their ginger beer. I have never found a spicier one, and if I don’t have to cough from sniffing a freshly-opened bottle, I want my money back. 
Ben and Jerry’s. How do you get away with charging five times what your competitors charge for consumer-grade ice cream? Be the absolute fucking best at it, hands-down, no questions asked. It’s a luxury, sure, but fucking hell when you go for it it’s just so worth it. The only place I’ve ever seen better ice cream is Ben and Bill’s, an ice cream shop and confectioner in Bar Harbor, Maine, but this is a bit like comparing a fast food chain to a fancy restaurant - the fact that there’s even a comparison shows just how absurdly good Ben and Jerry’s is.
Augustinerbräu Edelstoff. This beer is not readily available outside of Bavaria, but if you can get your hands on it, this is far and away the best Lager not specifically brewed for Oktoberfest - and the best Lager ever is the Festbier that Augustinerbräu makes for Oktoberfest.
Miracle Whip Light salad dressing. Once you get used to light, the regular tastes gross, as does real mayo.
Heinz ketchup, of course.
Minute Rice. You seriously can’t mess it up.
Johnsonville sausages and brats. Store brands just aren’t as good.
U-Verse cable. Far superior to Comcrap.