# When the cheaper choice is far superior **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702 "2010-09-14T07:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/81 "2010-09-16T15:45:26Z")
When I was a young teenager, I was walking by the bags of cereal and had to stop and do a double take. It was King Vitamin that I saw, not King Vietnam. It would make an interesting cereal though. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/82 "2010-09-16T16:46:08Z")
Yep, I’ve found that any generic raisin bran will be far less sugary-sweet than name brands. In my book, that’s a good thing. They usually have more raisins, too. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/83 "2010-09-16T17:51:29Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Despite their name, are double-edge safety razor as safe as current normal safety razors? I tried to go old school once with a straight razor and did not enjoy the experience especially since once you’ve started shaving your face and head, you have to finish. I don’t shave in front of a mirror, I shave in the shower to save myself time and trouble. My Gillette Tech (circa 1960’s) rarely draws blood, which is more than I can say for the disposable Bics I used to buy. Mind you, 1) I’m a more experienced shaver these days and 2) My wife had a newer double-edge that was not all-metal and which had ‘silo’ doors break on her mid-stroke. This has made me nervous even of older, more solidly-built silo-style razors. But The 3-piece style is quite secure. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/84 "2010-09-16T21:07:09Z")
I prefer AMD CPU’s over Intel’s. The performance difference can only be measured with special diagnostic software anyway. I have never owned name brand RAM chips in my life. Western Digital harddrives have always worked well for me. I still have a pair of 10 year old, 20 GB western digital drives that still work. We always buy the cheapest printer too, and throw it away when it breaks. Works well when the printer is on sale for $50 or less but the inks are $10-20 each. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/85 "2010-09-16T21:23:53Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > In blind taste tests among my friends and relatives, all of them have picked Evan Williams as the tastier option. It made them blind?? That may be rubbing alcohol you have there. :o| ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/86 "2010-09-16T21:25:02Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > CostCo’s “Kirkland” brand is often better quality than the name brand products they carry. Their paper towels are great. Ditto- we buy a lot of their brand. Cheap nonstick pans. I have very high end cookware, but I only get cheap nonstick pans. Use them, abuse them, replace them. Expensive ones need replacing just as often. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/87 "2010-09-16T22:16:21Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > > [@Beadalin](#): > > > > In blind taste tests among my friends and relatives, all of them have picked Evan Williams as the tastier option. > > It made them blind?? That may be rubbing alcohol you have there. :o| I’m a cruel hostess like that. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/88 "2010-09-16T22:21:30Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > [@gaffa](#): > > > > CostCo’s “Kirkland” brand is often better quality than the name brand products they carry. Their paper towels are great. > > Ditto- we buy a lot of their brand. > > Cheap nonstick pans. I have very high end cookware, but I only get cheap nonstick pans. Use them, abuse them, replace them. Expensive ones need replacing just as often. The Tramontina pans, which are in a shrink-wrapped package of an 8", a 10" and a 12" and cost something like $23, are thicker and much better quality than the T-Fal pan I have and cook more evenly. And the set of three cost less than a single T-Fal pan. Also, they have really stout, riveted handles which are coated in silicone so they can go in the oven al opposed to the plastic handle on the T-Fal pan. And, to top it off, the Tramontina pans are made in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/89 "2010-09-17T09:54:34Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > It was King Vitamin that I saw, not King Vietnam. “I wanted a bowl, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice bowl, and when I was done, I never wanted another.” Also: Wasn’t “King Vietnam” the badly-translated Hong Kong knockoff? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/90 "2010-09-18T06:18:04Z")
Finally found it: [Chocolypse Now](http://www.likelystories.com/choc/choc01.htm), the premier “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”/“Apocalypse Now” crossover parody, and likely the best food-related “Apocalypse Now” parody, period. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702/91 "2010-09-18T06:25:01Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > > [@Leaffan](#): > > > > No-name spicy tomato clam juice, as opposed to Mott’s Clamato. > > > > And right now everyone outside of Canada is going “what?” > > Clamato is readily available all over the U.S. As is AIDS. Practice safe sex, and wash your hands and vegetables. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-cheaper-choice-is-far-superior/553702.md?page=4)