What brand do you trust the most?

Meangadh

GHD. For people with curly hair like me, no other hair straightener does the job right. And I've tried a lot.

IvaBigWun

MYOB wrote: »

Bar the slight issue that they had smartphones out many years before everyone else copped on to it. They just got beaten on style and marketing by the (utterly useless) iPhone 1

Nokia had 3G, fully app capable smartphones before Android or iOS existed and people forget how useless iOS was at the start - no apps, no 3G, no ringtones, Bluetooth limited to headsets, etc.

My first smartphone was a Nokia, ten years ago.

But they didn't let the world know about them.

And they didn't make them sexy.

Like iPhones.

MadsL

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Gillette razor blades.

Pffft. Overpriced marketing ripoffs (at least if you mean the Mach 3 etc.)

I trust Wade & Butcher, of Sheffield.

Wade and Butcher was a tradename of the W & S Butcher Co. Brothers William & Samuel Butcher started the company producing straight razors in Sheffield in the 1820s. W & S Butcher ceased production in Sheffield in 1959 but their razors when found and restore are some of the most superlative piece of steel to shave with in the world.

It's not many companies that produce a product still functioning better than all the technological 'advancements' after 194 years

MadsL

IvaBigWun wrote: »

But they didn't let the world know about them.

And they didn't make them sexy.

Like iPhones.

They tried.

I worked for a company that had a contract with Nokia. They had a model that never made it to market that did everything the iPhone could do years before the iPhone.

It crashed. Constantly. Buggy as Bugs Bunny in Florida in Mosquito season.

Sh1tbag OToole

EGriff wrote: »

You can't trust any tech brands really. Their manufacturing process is so convoluted and the parts are got from so many different places you never know what you'll end up with if you get version 1.0 of anything.

Most of the time you don't even know if it really is version 1.0 you're getting. At any time they can switch to using a different PCB, different components, different factory and the two products will have an identical casing.

Drakares

Volkswagon

NuckingFacker

Toyota. end of.

IvaBigWun

MadsL wrote: »

They tried.

I worked for a company that had a contract with Nokia. They had a model that never made it to market that did everything the iPhone could do years before the iPhone.

It crashed. Constantly. Buggy as Bugs Bunny in Florida in Mosquito season.

Interesting stuff.

What a hugely expensive ball to drop

byte

Drakares wrote: »

Volkswagon

Chinese knockoff?

NuckingFacker

Drakares wrote: »

Volkswagon

You need to watch less adds and more garages. Dross, but well advertised dross.

Claasman

My Lamborgotti Fasterossa has been going great for years.

_Redzer_

mfceiling wrote: »

No playstation or xbox. Driving a 2004 van that i bought damaged (had a budget of £2400 at the time and that van was the freshest one for the money).

Why would you "trust" a brand over another one.

Deodorant, shower gel/shampoo - you can call it all the "ice, storm, dynamic, arctic or extreme" all you like. Whatever is on special in tesco or dunnes is what is thrown into the trolley.

TV to be bought - look up argos and see which one is reduced the most and is on budget - samsung, sony, lg, or sharp - i don't care, they all do the same job.

If you have a favourite ketchup then surely it's because of the taste and not the brand?

Ok, then surely there's no difference between a Micra and an M3 then, seeing as how they do the same job.

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Nokia, nearly lost my trust after the nGage but I stuck with them.

Why? Nokia is the walking dead. Ugly phones with a terrible OS. They should've used Android, then they could've had a better chance of gaining relevancy again.

stefan idiot jones

Rickenbacker

Marshall

Heinz

Sara Lee

Hilti

DeWalt

Lloyd Grossman

Sony

Lush

Alder

Giant

Pataks

NuckingFacker

Zippo.
Toyota. Pre 2000.
Hitachi.
Yanmar.
Dairygold.
Denny.
Rolex.
Tiffany.
Shelbourne.
DKNY
DeBeers.
Chanel.

The rest, i'm suspicious.

Dynamo Roller

AMD

oppenheimer1

MYOB wrote: »

Bosch. For power tools, kitchen appliances and wiper blades. They are probably the only brand I've any major preference towards for reliability/functionality reasons. Every power tool (and wiper blade...) I've bought that hasn't been Bosch has given me serious heartache or just hasn't been worth the price. They didn't make a free-standing dual fuel cooker or otherwise every kitchen appliance I've bought would have been Bosch too.

Only Bosch blue, the green stuff is hobbyist rubbish.

NuckingFacker

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Only Bosch blue, the green stuff is hobbyist rubbish.

Like Black and Decker black professional, indestructable - good as it got, I have some of their stuff that is 20 years old and still works every day. The red stuff is for the diyers. Hard to believe the two types come from the one company. Or why they changed.

uch

Colemans Mustard

chakotha

Zippo
Le Creuset
JCB
Paramount
MGM

StupidLikeAFox

www.rockfrocks.com

enfant terrible

Lexus the Japanese Mercedes

Legs.Eleven

Avonmore milk and nothing else.

Karl Stein

NuckingFacker wrote: »

You need to watch less adds and more garages. Dross, but well advertised dross.

In fairness though P.. Mr NF, VW is a company that seems to have good relations with its workers in Germany so in that sense it's a good brand.

efb

Apple
Cadbury
Gap

jamesbondings

Charlie Rock wrote: »

In fairness though P.. Mr NF, VW is a company that seems to have good relations with its workers in Germany so in that sense it's a good brand.

If it's trusting the brand vw aren't very trustworthy imo just look into their history.....

Karl Stein

jamesbondings wrote: »

If it's trusting the brand vw aren't very trustworthy imo just look into their history.....

Are you talking about the Nazis? Did you lose someone to the Nazis? FGS let it go will ya? I'm talking about VW as an ethical company. No, their cars aren't as reliable as other but as companies go they seem to consider their workers well-being which is a good thing.

jill_valentine

Nokia, because I do a lot of work outside and I have given some of their phones absolute dogs abuse.

Sennheiser for the reason cited above - outstanding value, great quality for the money paid, and even their low end headphones are usually both cheaper and better than even some of the generics. I can't praise them enough, I don't think a Sennheiser product has ever let me down.

laraghrider

Gravity. Has never let me down.

Kxiii

laraghrider wrote: »

Gravity. Has never let me down.

That sounds broken to me. You should look for a refund.

pharmaton

Nintendo, no console ever broke.
Barry's tea. (although I will drink lyons if nothing else is available)

Andrew_Doran

Hoovers: I break hoovers, a lot, so: Numatic - they make the Henry hoovers.

A little bit above the odds pricewise, but incredibly tough, designed by engineers and not accountants, made in the western world, and every single replacement part can be ordered so you don't have to bin it in case you muller anything.

Cars: I'm handy with the spanners, so: FIAT. Ignored by most and/or disregarded as unreliable sh!te. Cheap fun motoring at its zenith, and even if it does go wrong which is usually due to abuse, cheap and easy to fix, unlike the German cars that we as a country love.

jill_valentine

My sparkling retail career has left me with a quite irrational hatred of Henry bloody Hoover that I will never, ever be able to overcome. I see his little smiling face looking up at me and I just wish he had a neck I could wrap my hands around.

But they are quite sturdy, I've tested.

Ruu

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Ok, then surely there's no difference between a Micra and an M3 then, seeing as how they do the same job.


Why? Nokia is the walking dead. Ugly phones with a terrible OS. They should've used Android, then they could've had a better chance of gaining relevancy again.

Nostalgia mostly but the older phones were brilliant! Put it through a washing machine, no problem! Bounce it off the wall, no problem!

Lingua Franca

Andrew_Doran wrote: »

Cars: I'm handy with the spanners, so: FIAT. Ignored by most and/or disregarded as unreliable sh!te. Cheap fun motoring at its zenith, and even if it does go wrong which is usually due to abuse, cheap and easy to fix, unlike the German cars that we as a country love.

We took our 2 year old (two months past warranty) Fiat Punto on our road trip through France and Spain a month ago.

Halfway through France the engine light came on. Not too worrisome since the goddamn engine light comes on about every couple of months for no real reason and just needs a trip to garage to get sorted, but this time the turbo went out with it.

We called AA. Took it to a Fiat garage. They couldn't find the problem, and the turbo began working again. Get the engine light sorted when you get home. No bother. Pay garage fee. Pushed on.

Turbo goes out again in the south of France. Again, Fiat garage. Can't detect or replicate the problem. Paid fee. Pushed on.

Turbo goes out just over the border in Spain. Took it to a Fiat garage. This time, they can detect the problem, but they have no idea what is causing it. They offer to replace the turbo in three days, at 1600 euro for the part alone. F*ck that. Paid garage fee, pushed on.

We figured out that we could 'reset' the turbo by getting the car up to speed then turning the engine off and on again.

Our holiday was totally ruined by this point, we were out of cash due to all the garage fees and having to get hotels near the garages when we were supposed to be camping and our schedule was shot to sh*t so we just went home.

Dropped the car at the garage "oh, that's a known problem with these, the turbo has a design flaw and you need an entirely new one".

No abuse, an actual known fault that apparently wasn't passed on to any of the Fiat garages in France or Spain, and not cheap or easy to fix at all.

Thankfully they covered 60% of the cost of the new turbo because we're selling it and never, ever buying Fiat again.

I miss my old Honda Accord, now there was a reliable car! I once got hit by a guy speeding in an old Peugot 106. The front of his car disintegrated all over the road. He bent my wheel arch.

C14N

Logitech. I don't think I've ever bought a Logitech thing that I didn't like.

PickledLime

I currently own a Sony hifi that's 16 years old (was originally my brother's for around 10 of those) - it's been used for probably 99% of those 16 years, it still works perfectly and can absolutely rattle the foundations of the house if I turn it up loud enough.


I also had a set of Sony headphones (cheap, supra aural set that sounded great for the money, €29.99 at the time) that had seen me the whole way through college and a bit beyond/ They got used 5 days a week for about 5 years, worn in rain, hail, snow and shine, got thrown around in a backpack with books, and only broke when I somehow managed to stabd on them and destroy one of the driver units. Would have got more regular wear and tear out of them if I didn't do that!

Banjo String

As a kid, Tomy.

Tomy made the best, almost indestructible toys imo.
.
Tomy tutor, home computer.
Tomy, my first train set
My first computer
Robot
Radio controlled car, etc etc.

If it had the name Tomy stamped on it, he was gonna be good, and it was gonna last.

As an adult, I'm going to go with Andrex. I've a delicate bum.

Soft, strong, and very long.

cruiser178

Technics, i bought a stack system 10 years ago still looks and sounds as good as the day i bought it.

Wibbs

Sony. Had a trinitron for years, upgraded to a widescreen sony ten years ago and gave the old one away. It's still going. The widescreen died alright, but that was my fault. Got a panasonic plasma now and they seem to have a great rep.

Honda. Dunno what the latest ones are like, but the older ones are bloody well bombproof. My last one had 220,000 kms on the clock and other than the odd bulb it only required a radiator in all that time. Sold it on and it put up another 40,000 in their hands with no trouble except for a dead 50 quid relay(then it got nicked by scumbags). My current one has 150,000+ Kms on it and again pretty much nothing has gone wrong.

Apple pc's used to be a lot more solid and you could see the quality(and the price) not so sure about now. In the windows world IBM stuff while not cutting edge is pretty solid IME.

Philips are another brand I'd trust more than most. I've a Philips spin dryer bought back in 1977(not a typo), still going strong.

Rolex. I personally don't like the look of them and they do have connotations, but they last and last and last. An uncle of mine got his back in the early 60's, His wife bought it as an anniversary present. Go Auntie!. I asked him had he ever had it serviced and he looked at me blankly. Nope. 50 years of daily wear and hard wear at that, been all over the world in all sorts of conditions and it has never once missed a beat and still keeps accurate time.

Potential-Monke

Rockstar: Even their less well known games were great fun!

Cee-Jay-Cee

JCB in the kitchen.
Dyson in the bedroom.
Hovis in the workshop.

mfceiling

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Ok, then surely there's no difference between a Micra and an M3 then, seeing as how they do the same job.


Why? Nokia is the walking dead. Ugly phones with a terrible OS. They should've used Android, then they could've had a better chance of gaining relevancy again.

Jesus, read the OP....What brand do you "TRUST"

Not what brand is "better" than the other one.

And i had a bmw that shít itself after 55,000 miles (nearly €5,500 worth of work needing done to it)...ultimate driving machine?? My van is a nissan with nearly 190,000 miles on it - other than brake pads and minor service consumables it's going strong.

People really are sucked in by advertising if you "trust" a brand. Majority of them are huge companies who have to make profits to suit the demands of shareholders.

I don't mind spending a few quid on something that i know will be well built and will last - majority of my work tools are dewalt, hilti and makita...reason being they are "built" for my line of work...not because i "trust" the afore mentioned.

_Redzer_

Wibbs wrote: »

Sony. Had a trinitron for years, upgraded to a widescreen sony ten years ago and gave the old one away. It's still going. The widescreen died alright, but that was my fault. Got a panasonic plasma now and they seem to have a great rep.

Honda. Dunno what the latest ones are like, but the older ones are bloody well bombproof. My last one had 220,000 kms on the clock and other than the odd bulb it only required a radiator in all that time. Sold it on and it put up another 40,000 in their hands with no trouble except for a dead 50 quid relay(then it got nicked by scumbags). My current one has 150,000+ Kms on it and again pretty much nothing has gone wrong.

Apple pc's used to be a lot more solid and you could see the quality(and the price) not so sure about now. In the windows world IBM stuff while not cutting edge is pretty solid IME.

Philips are another brand I'd trust more than most. I've a Philips spin dryer bought back in 1977(not a typo), still going strong.

Rolex. I personally don't like the look of them and they do have connotations, but they last and last and last. An uncle of mine got his back in the early 60's, His wife bought it as an anniversary present. Go Auntie!. I asked him had he ever had it serviced and he looked at me blankly. Nope. 50 years of daily wear and hard wear at that, been all over the world in all sorts of conditions and it has never once missed a beat and still keeps accurate time.

Apple are still surveyed to be the best in build quality and reliability. Of all the people I know with macs 3-4 years old they're still going strong without an issue, whereas I know feck all with windows laptops that old because they've either slowed down far too much or just given out. They're expensive but if it lasts you a lot longer than a windows laptop they're earning their keep already, it's more an investment with them.

Sony are still one of the best in quality and it destroys Samsung products that are good value for money, but just don't last anywhere near as long and don't touch them in quality. But Sony is too expensive for what you get at the end of the day. Panasonic I think is the best mix of quality and value for money.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Rockstar: Even their less well known games were great fun!

I'd add Naughty Dog to that too. They've made some of the best games ever made

bodice ripper

Sunskin and Ciferri tattoo machines.

iDave

BSkyB

newmug

mfceiling wrote: »

Jesus, read the OP....What brand do you "TRUST"

Not what brand is "better" than the other one.

I don't mind spending a few quid on something that i know will be well built and will last - majority of my work tools are dewalt, hilti and makita...reason being they are "built" for my line of work...not because i "trust" the afore mentioned.

Your angle on this is daft. Talk about putting the cart before the horse! The OP obviously meant what brand do you "trust" to be long lasting and well built, not who would you trust with a secret.

Teyla Emmagan

Kenwood. Kitchen appliances that last forever!

Los Lobos

La Coka Nostra

mondeo

Huawei....Cheap Chinese mobile communications brand that never let me down. Contrary to what I was expecting.

Toshiba....Anything Toshiba has never let me down either. I have a TV from the 60's which still works great by this brand.

bodice ripper

Andrew_Doran wrote: »

Cars: I'm handy with the spanners, so: FIAT. Ignored by most and/or disregarded as unreliable sh!te. Cheap fun motoring at its zenith, and even if it does go wrong which is usually due to abuse, cheap and easy to fix, unlike the German cars that we as a country love.

I have put 35, 000 miles on a third-hand punto in a year and had no major problems. I like them, and always the cheapest thing going.